Napoleon Chagnon

Napoleon Alphonseau Chagnon (/ˈʃæɡnən/ SHAG-nən;[a] August 27, 1938 – September 21, 2019) was an American anthropologist, professor of anthropology at the University of Missouri in Columbia. He was a member of the National Academy of Sciences.[3] Chagnon was known for his long-term ethnographic field work among the Yanomamö.

Napoleon Chagnon
Born(1938-08-27)August 27, 1938[1]
DiedSeptember 21, 2019(2019-09-21) (aged 81)
NationalityAmerican
Alma materUniversity of Michigan (B.A., M.A., Ph.D.)
Known forReproductive theory of violence, ethnography of Yanomamö
Scientific career
Institutions
ThesisYanomamö Warfare, Social Organization and Marriage Alliances[2] (1966)
InfluencesMeyer Fortes, Sewall Wright, E.O. Wilson

Chagnon died at the age of 81 on September 21, 2019 in Traverse City, Michigan.[4][5]

Notes

  1. Though the name Chagnon is of French origin, he uses an anglicized pronunciation.

References

  1. Shavit 1992, p. 61.
  2. Chagnon 1966.
  3. "Napoleon A. Chagnon". Anthropology News. 2019-12-06. Retrieved 2022-03-25.
  4. Horgan, John (27 September 2019). "My Regrets about Controversial Anthropologist Napoleon Chagnon (RIP)." Scientific American. Retrieved 11 July 2020.
  5. "Chagnon Funeral Home | Onaway, MI". m.chagnonfh.com. Retrieved 2019-09-28.[dead link]

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