John Horsley Russell Davis (born London, England, 9 September 1938) is a British

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 anthropologist

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, ex-Warden

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 of All Souls College, Oxford

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, and Professor of Social Anthropology in the University of Oxford

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Education

Davis was educated at University College, Oxford

University College, Oxford

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 (BA

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 Modern History 1961, MA

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) and the London School of Economics

London School of Economics

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 (PhD

Doctor of Philosophy

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 Social Anthropology 1968).

Career

He was elected a Fellow of the British Academy

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 in 1988.

He was appointed Professor of Social Anthropology in the University of Oxford

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 and Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford

All Souls College, Oxford

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 in 1990 and was elected Warden of All Souls

All Souls College, Oxford

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 in 1995.

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

Patrick Neill, Baron Neill of Bladen

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, for the office of Chancellor

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 of the University of Oxford

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Principal Publications

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

External links

• All Souls College, Oxford all-souls.ox.ac.uk
• British Academy britac.ac.uk