Margaret Mead was a world renowned anthropologist. She was born in 1901 and died in 1978. Her work has expanded the understanding of human history. She wrote 44 books and countless articles. She was the first anthropologist to study child-rearing practices, and her work on learning theory and "Learning Through Imprinting," a method by which children learn (and can be seen by other animals, like geese), continues to be studied and researched.