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Allison Davis

American anthropologist (1902-1983) · United States · On the map · Academics · Died at 81

William Boyd Allison Davis was an American educator, anthropologist, writer, researcher, and scholar who became the third African American to hold a full faculty position at a major white university when he joined the staff of the University of Chicago in 1942, after only Dr. Patrick Healy and George F. Grant, where he served for the remainder of his academic life.

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He was considered one of the most promising black scholars of his generation.

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Country
United States
Category
Academics
Type
Academic
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1902 to 1983 · aged 81