Marshall Sahlins

American anthropologist (1930-2021) · United States · On the map · Academics · Died at 90

Marshall David Sahlins was an American cultural anthropologist best known for his ethnographic work in the Pacific and for his contributions to anthropological theory. He was the Charles F. Grey Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus of Anthropology and of Social Sciences at the University of Chicago.

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2021Died5 April 20212011Honorary Doctor of Paris Descartes UniversityAward1998Honorary Doctorate of Paris Nanterre UniversityAwardHuxley Memorial MedalAward1977Gordon J. Laing AwardAward1967Guggenheim FellowshipAward1930Born27 December 1930