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Philip John CrossKey Dark (1918‐2008)
Author(s) -
Handler Jerome S.
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
anthropology today
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.419
H-Index - 24
eISSN - 1467-8322
pISSN - 0268-540X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-8322.2008.00630.x
Subject(s) - citation , foundation (evidence) , library science , history , media studies , sociology , computer science , archaeology
Philip J. C. Dark, Professor Emeritus of Anthropology at Southern Illinois University (Carbondale), died on April 4, 2008, in St. Mawes, Cornwall, England. He was a leading authority on tribal arts, particularly of Benin and the Pacific. Philip Dark was born on May 15, 1918, in London, where he grew up. His father was a high-level civil servant who had won prestigious awards both for his Latin and