Davis, Allison, 1902-1983
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- Summary
- William Boyd Allison Davis was an American educator, anthropologist, writer, researcher, and scholar who became the third African American to hold a full faculty position at a major white university when he joined the staff of the University of Chicago in 1942, after only Dr. Patrick Healy and George F. Grant, where he served for the remainder of his academic life. He was considered one of the most promising black scholars of his generation. Wikipedia
- Gender or Sex
- Unknown [1][2]
- Male [3][4]
- Born
- 1902-10-14 [2][4]
- Birth Place
- Washington, DC [2]
- Washington, D.C. [4]
- Died
- 1983-11-21 [2][4]
- Death Place
- Chicago [4]
- Country
- United States [2]
- Occupation
- anthropologist [4]
- educator [4]
- professor [4]
- Employer
- University of Chicago [4]
- Hampton University [4]
- Harvard University [4]
- Dillard University [4]
- Educated at
- London School of Economics and Political Science [4]
- Harvard University [4]
- University of Chicago [4]
- Williams College [4]
- Country of Education
- United Kingdom [4]
- United States [4]
- Archives at
- University of Chicago [4]
- Yale LUX
- Entity [4]
- American National Biography
- Biography (requires subscription) [4]
- Sources
- 1. VIAF
- 2. Deutsche Nationalbibliothek (Germany)
- 3. Library of Congress
- 4. Wikidata
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