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Key facts
- Born
- Marshall David Sahlins , ( 1930-12-27 ) December 27, 1930, Chicago , Illinois , U.S.
- Died
- April 5, 2021 (2021-04-05) (aged 90), Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
- Education
- University of Michigan ( BA , MA ) , Columbia University ( PhD )
- Children
- Peter Sahlins
- Fields
- Cultural Anthropology
- Institutions
- University of Chicago
- Thesis
- Social Stratification in Polynesia: a Study of Adaptive Variation in Culture (1954)
- Doctoral advisor
- Morton Fried
- Doctoral students
- David Graeber , Dominic Boyer , Martha Kaplan
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Chicago
- Place of death
- Chicago
- Occupation
- university teacher
- Educated at
- University of Michigan
- Employer
- University of Michigan
- Languages spoken
- French
- Native language
- English language
- Doctoral student
- David Graeber
- Field of work
- historical anthropology
- Image
- Marshall David Sahlins.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1930-12-27
- Commons category
- Marshall Sahlins
- interested in
- economic anthropology
- influenced by
- Karl Polanyi
- date of death
- 2021-04-05
- name in native language
- Marshall Sahlins
- birth name
- Marshall David Sahlins
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Encyclopedic overview
Marshall David Sahlins (/ˈsɑːlɪnz/ SAH-linz; December 27, 1930 – April 5, 2021) 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.
Biography
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