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A. Hingston (Alison Hingston) Quiggin
1874–1971
A British anthropologist and writer, she is best remembered for exploring how early societies used and understood money. Her work brought together anthropology, history, and material culture in a way that still feels fresh and curious.
1 Audiobook
History of anthropology
by Alfred C. (Alfred Cort) Haddon, A. Hingston (Alison Hingston) Quiggin
About the author
Alison Hingston Quiggin was a British anthropologist associated with the University of Cambridge. Sources describe her as an anthropologist and lecturer, and she is especially known for writing A Survey of Primitive Money: The Beginnings of Currency, a book that was reprinted many times.
She also collaborated with Alfred C. Haddon on History of Anthropology, showing her place within the early academic study of human societies and cultures. Archive material from Cambridge identifies her as Alison née Hingston and notes her marriage to the scholar Edmund Crosby Quiggin in 1907.
Quiggin's work is often valued for the way it connects everyday objects with larger questions about exchange, value, and social life. For readers interested in the history of money, anthropology, or the development of modern scholarship, she remains an engaging and distinctive voice.