James Clyde MitchellFBA (usually known asJ. Clyde Mitchell; 21 June 1918Pietermaritzburg – 15 November 1995) was a Britishsociologist andanthropologist.

In 1937 Mitchell helped found theRhodes-Livingstone Institute group ofsocial anthropologists/sociologists, now a part of theUniversity of Zambia. He was influenced byMax Gluckman and conducted important research on social network analysis at theUniversity of Manchester (seeManchester School). In the 1940s he carried out field research into social systems and social conditions inCentral Africa (southernMalawi) interviewing heads of households in villages and urban areas and observing customs. In 1952 he was on the editorial committee of theNorthern Rhodesia Journal.

Mitchell studiednetwork analysis and was a founding member of theInternational Network for Social Network Analysis, contributing to itsConnections magazine.

For a detailed story of his life refer to the following by Susan J. Smith:J. CLYDE MITCHELL James Clyde Mitchell 21 June 1918 – 15 November 1995 elected Fellow of the British Academy 1990by SUSAN J. SMITH, Fellow of the academy[1]

• TheKalela dance: Aspects of social relationships among urban Africans in Northern Rhodesia, Manchester: Manchester University Press, 1956
• TheYao Village: a Study in the Social Structure of a Malawian Tribe Manchester: Manchester University Press, 1956, 1966, 1971
• Social Networks in Urban Situations: Analysis of Personal Relationships in Central African Towns Manchester: Manchester University Press, 1969
• Networks, Norms & Institutions, 1973
• Configurational Similarity in Three Class Contexts in British Society, inSociology, Vol. 19, 1985
• Cities, Society, and Social Perception: A Central African Perspective 1987

This biographical article about a Britishanthropologist is astub. You can help Wikipedia byexpanding it.

• v
• t
• e

This biography of a British sociologist is astub. You can help Wikipedia byexpanding it.

• v
• t
• e

• British sociologists
• British women sociologists
• British women anthropologists
• 1918 births
• 1995 deaths
• Academic staff of the University of Zambia
• Academics of the University of Manchester
• Fellows of the British Academy
• People associated with the Rhodes-Livingstone Institute
• People from Pietermaritzburg
• 20th-century British anthropologists
• Anthropologist stubs
• British scientist stubs
• British sociologist stubs

• Articles with short description
• Short description is different from Wikidata
• Use dmy dates from April 2022
• Articles with hCards
• All stub articles