Wade Davis
1953
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photo credits: Wikimedia Commons
country of citizenship: Canada
languages spoken, written or signed: English
educated at: Harvard University, Brentwood College School
occupation: anthropologist, ethnobotanist, photographer, university teacher
award received: Baillie Gifford Prize, Order of Canada, Member of the Order of Canada
official website: daviswade.com
Edmund Wade Davis (born December 14, 1953) is a Canadian cultural anthropologist, ethnobotanist, author, and photographer. Davis came to prominence with his 1985 best-selling book The Serpent and the Rainbow about the zombies of Haiti. He is professor of anthropology and the BC Leadership Chair in Cultures and Ecosystems at Risk at the University of British Columbia. Source: Wikipedia (en)
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