John Davis (academic)

John Davis (academic)

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fields = Social anthropology
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John Horsley Russell Davis [cite news | first= | last= | coauthors= | title=Warden | date= | publisher= | url =http://www.btinternet.com/~akme/oclalsl2.html | work =All Souls College, Oxford | pages = | accessdate = 2008-09-16 | language = ] (born London, England, September 9, 1938) is a British anthropologist, Warden of All Souls College, Oxford, and Professor of Social Anthropology in the University of Oxford.

Education

Davis was educated first at Brookfield Academy High School, and later at University College, Oxford (BA Modern History 1961, MA) and the London School of Economics (PhD Social Anthropology 1968). [cite news | first= | last= | coauthors= | title=The Warden- Activitis | date= | publisher= | url =http://www.all-souls.ox.ac.uk/about/activities.php | work =All Souls Oxford | pages = | accessdate = 2008-09-16 | language = ]

Career

He was elected a Fellow of the British Academy in 1988.

He was appointed Professor of Social Anthropology in the University of Oxford and Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford in 1990 and was elected Warden of All Souls in 1995. [cite news | first= | last= | coauthors= | title=British Academy Fellows Archive | date= | publisher= | url =http://www.britac.ac.uk/fellowship/directory/archive.asp?fellowsID=144 | work =British Academy Fellows | pages = | accessdate = 2008-09-16 | language = ]

He was Chairman of the European Association of Social Anthropologists 1993/94 and President of the Royal Anthropological Institute from 1997 until 2001.

He nominated his immediate predecessor as Warden, Patrick Neill, Baron Neill of Bladen, for the office of Chancellor of the University of Oxford. [cite news | first= | last= | coauthors= | title=Nominations received | date= | publisher= | url =http://www.ox.ac.uk/gazette/2002-3/supps/1_4645.htm#Neill | work =Oxford University Gazette | pages = | accessdate = 2008-09-16 | language = ]

Principal Publications

* (1973) "Land and family in Pisticci"
* (1987) "Libyan politics: tribe and revolution"
* (1992) "Exchange"

References

External links

* [http://www.all-souls.ox.ac.uk/about/activities.php All Souls College, Oxford] all-souls.ox.ac.uk
* [http://www.britac.ac.uk/fellowship/directory/archive.asp?fellowsID=144 British Academy] britac.ac.uk


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