Clifford Geertz

American anthropologist.

Born August 23rd, 1926 in San Francisco. [ref]

Died October 30th, 2006 at 80 years old in Philadelphia (myocardial infarction). [ref]

Occupations
anthropologist, sociologist, university teacher
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It is the fate — the genetic and neural fate — of every human being to be a unique individual, to find his own path, to live his own life, to die his own death. Oliver Sacks