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Cora Du Bois
American anthropologist and academic / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Cora Alice Du Bois (October 26, 1903 – April 7, 1991)[1] was an American cultural anthropologist and a key figure in culture and personality studies and in psychological anthropology more generally. She was Samuel Zemurray Jr. and Doris Zemurray Stone-Radcliffe Professor at Radcliffe College from 1954. After retirement from Radcliffe, she was Professor-at-large at Cornell University (1971–1976) and for one term at the University of California, San Diego (1976).[1]
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![]() Jeanne Taylor, Gérard Du Bois, and Cora Du Bois (1980) | |
Born | Cora Alice Du Bois (1903-10-26)October 26, 1903 New Jersey, US |
Died | April 7, 1991(1991-04-07) (aged 87) |
Nationality | American |
Education | Barnard College, Columbia University, University of California, Berkeley |
Occupation | Anthropologist |
Known for | Culture and personality studies and psychological anthropology |
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Title | President, American Anthropological Association (1968–69) President, Association for Asian Studies (1969–70) |
Partner | Jeanne Taylor |
Awards | Exceptional Civilian Service Award Order of the Crown of Thailand |
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She was elected Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1955,[2] president of the American Anthropological Association in 1968–1969, and of the Association for Asian Studies in 1969–1970, the first woman to be allowed that honor.[3]