John Davis (academic)
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John Horsley Russell Davis FBA[1] FRAI (born London, England, 9 September 1938; died 15 January 2017)[2] was a British anthropologist, ex-Warden of All Souls College, Oxford, and Professor of Social Anthropology in the University of Oxford.
Education
Davis was educated at University College, Oxford (BA Modern History 1961, MA) and the London School of Economics (PhD Social Anthropology 1968).[3]
Career
He was elected a Fellow of the British Academy in 1988.
He was appointed Professor of Social Anthropology in the University of Oxford and Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford in 1990 and was elected Warden of All Souls in 1995 (until 2008).[4]
He was Chairman of the European Association of Social Anthropologists 1993/94 and President of the Royal Anthropological Institute from 1997 until 2001.
He nominated his immediate predecessor as Warden, Patrick Neill, Baron Neill of Bladen, for the office of Chancellor of the University of Oxford.[5]
Principal Publications
- (1973) Land and family in Pisticci
- (1987) Libyan politics: tribe and revolution
- (1992) Exchange
References
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External links
- All Souls College, Oxford all-souls.ox.ac.uk
- British Academy britac.ac.uk
- John Davis at "Pioneers of Qualitative Research" from the Economic and social Data Service
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- 1938 births
- 2017 deaths
- Alumni of the London School of Economics
- Alumni of University College, Oxford
- English historians
- Fellows of All Souls College, Oxford
- Fellows of the British Academy
- Wardens of All Souls College, Oxford
- Writers from London
- Religion academics
- British anthropologists
- English male non-fiction writers
- Fellows of the Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland
- Presidents of the Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland