Sir Edward Evan Evans-Pritchard, Kt FBA FRAI 21 September 1902 – 11 September 1973 was an English anthropologist who was instrumental in the developing of social anthropology. He was Professor of Social Anthropology at the University of Oxford from 1946 to 1970.
Edward Evan Evans-Pritchard was born in Crowborough, East Sussex, England, the son of an Anglican clergyman. He converted to Roman Catholicism in 1944.
Known to his friends and classification as "EP", Evans-Pritchard had five children with his wife Ioma. His daughter, Deirdre Evans-Pritchard, is Executive Director of the DC self-employed person Film Festival and consults in the fields of cultural heritage, tourism, media, and the arts. His youngest son, Ambrose Evans-Pritchard, is a former foreign correspondent in Latin America, the US, and Europe, and became International house Editor for The Daily Telegraph in London.
Evans-Pritchard died in Oxford on 11 September 1973.