Irven DeVore

American anthropologist and primatologist (1934-2014)

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Born: October 7, 1934
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Died: September 23, 2014
Citizenship: United States
Occupation: anthropologist
Education: University of Chicago
, University of Texas at Austin
Employer: Harvard University
Languages spoken, written or signed: English
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Irven DeVore was an anthropologist and evolutionary biologist, and Curator of Primatology at Harvard University's Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology. He headed Harvard's Department of Anthropology from 1987 to 1992. He taught generations of students at Harvard both at the undergraduate and graduate levels. He mentored many young scientists who went on to prominence in anthropology and behavioral biology, including Richard Lee, Robert Trivers, Sarah Hrdy, Peter Ellison, Barbara Smuts, Henry Harpending, Marjorie Shostak, Robert Bailey, Leda Cosmides, John Tooby, Richard Wrangham and Terrence Deacon.

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Sex or gender: male
Doctoral student: Greg Laden
Member of: American Academy of Arts and Sciences

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