Paul Bohannan
Paul James Bohannan (born March 5, 1920 in Lincoln , Nebraska , † July 13, 2007 in Visalia , California ) was an American anthropologist and religious scholar. Together with his wife Laura Bohannan he researched the society and religion of the Tiv in central Nigeria.
He was a lecturer in anthropology at Oxford, at Princeton University and from 1959 to 1975 at Northwestern University , where he established the course in Economic Anthropology.
He then moved to the University of California, Santa Barbara and was most recently Emeritus Professor of Anthropology at the University of Southern California . Paul Bohannan was President of the African Studies Association. Since 1970 he was an elected member of the American Philosophical Society .
Web links
- Literature by and about Paul Bohannan in the catalog of the German National Library
- Short biography and reviews of works by Paul Bohannan at perlentaucher.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ Member History: Paul J. Bohannan. American Philosophical Society, accessed May 9, 2018 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bohannan, Paul |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Bohannan, Paul James |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American anthropologist and religious scholar |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 5, 1920 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Lincoln , Nebraska |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 13, 2007 |
| Place of death | Visalia , California |