Wade Davis

1953 -

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)