Eric Wolf

Details

Instance of

human

Born

1 February 1923

Died

6 March 1999

Place of birth

Vienna

Place of death

New York City, Irvington

Sex or gender

male

Given name

Eric

Family name

Wolf

Field of work

history, anthropology

Occupation

anthropologist, university teacher, historian

Citizenship

United States, Austria

Awards

Guggenheim Fellowship, MacArthur Fellows Program, honorary doctor of the University of Vienna, Silver Star

academic degree

Doctor of Philosophy

educated at

Columbia University, Queens College

employer

University of Michigan, University of Chicago

influenced by

Karl Marx, Norbert Elias, Hortense Powdermaker

languages spoken, written or signed

English

member of

American Academy of Arts and Sciences, National Academy of Sciences

name in native language

Eric Robert Wolf

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