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Wade Davis
Sign in to saveAlso known as Edmund Wade Davis, E. Wade Davis, E.W.Davis, E. W. Davis
Canadian anthropologist
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 60
Top works
- The wayfinders
- The ethnobiology of the Haitian zombi
- Penan
- The missing of the Somme
- 7IDANsuu James Hart
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Film & TV
Known for
- Hōkūleʻa: Finding the Language of the Navigator — Self2023
- Cursed Films — Self2020
- Neurons to Nirvana — Self2013
- Zombiemania — Himself - Anthropologist2008
- Peyote to LSD: A Psychedelic Odyssey — Self / Presenter2008
- Northern Mysteries — Self2006
- The Spirit of the Mask — Host/Narrator
- The Lost People of Mountain Village
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 841
- Total plays
- 1,242
Edmund Wade Davis (born December 14, 1953) is a noted Canadian anthropologist, ethnobotanist, author and photographer whose work has focused on worldwide indigenous cultures, especially in North and South America and particularly involving the traditional uses and beliefs associated with psychoactive plants. Davis came to prominence with his 1985 best-selling book The Serpent and the Rainbow about the zombies of Haiti. Davis has published popular articles in Outside, National Geographic, Fortune
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Davis
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Canada
- Place of birth
- West Vancouver
- Occupation
- botanist
- Employer
- University of British Columbia
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Field of work
- ethnobotany
- Official website
- daviswade.com
- Image
- Wade-Davis (cropped).jpg
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- Commons category
- Wade Davis (anthropologist)
- date of birth
- 1953-01-01
- social media followers
- 9598
- described at URL
- www.ubudwritersfestival.com/writers/wade-davis
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