Marshall Sahlins

1930 - 2021

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country of citizenship: United States of America

native language: English

languages spoken, written or signed: English, French

educated at: University of Michigan, Columbia University

occupation: anthropologist, university teacher

award received: Guggenheim Fellowship, Gordon J. Laing Award, Huxley Memorial Medal

influenced by: Karl Polanyi

Marshall David Sahlins ( 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. Source: Wikipedia (en)