Michael M. Ames, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Canadian anthropologist
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Place of Birth: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
About Michael M. Ames
- Michael M.
- Ames, (June 19, 1933 – February 20, 2006) was a Canadian academic and Professor of Anthropology of the department of anthropology-sociology at the University of British Columbia. Born in Vancouver, British Columbia, he received a B.A.
- in anthropology from the University of British Columbia in 1956.
- He received his Ph.D.
- in social anthropology from Harvard University in 1961.
- From 1962 to 1964, he was an assistant professor of sociology at McMaster University.
- He started at the University of British Columbia as assistant professor in 1964 and became a full professor in 1970. From 1974 to 1997, he was director of the Museum of Anthropology at the University of British Columbia.
- From 2002 to 2004, he was also the acting director. In 1998, he was made a Member of the Order of Canada.
- He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 1979 and made a Fellow of the Society for Applied Anthropology in 1996.
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