Paul James Bohannan was an American anthropologist known for his research on the Tiv people of Nigeria, spheres of exchange and divorce in the United States.
12 Facts About Paul Bohannan
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Paul Bohannan attended Queen's College, Oxford, thereafter as a Rhodes scholar, receiving a Bachelor of Science in 1949 and his doctor of philosophy degree in 1951, both in anthropology.
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Paul Bohannan remained in England and was a lecturer in social anthropology at Oxford University until 1956 when he returned to the United States taking up an assistant professorship in anthropology at Princeton University.
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In 1959, Paul Bohannan left Princeton for a full professorship at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois.
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Paul Bohannan retired from full-time teaching in 1987, but remained at USC.
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From 1962 to 1964 Paul Bohannan was a director on the Social Science Research Council.
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Paul Bohannan was a director of American Ethnological Society from 1963 to 1966.
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Paul Bohannan was president of the African Studies Association in 1964.
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Paul Bohannan was elected to the American Philosophical Society in 1970.
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Paul Bohannan married Laura Marie Smith, an anthropologist with whom he collaborated on Tiv Economy, on 15 May 1943.
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Paul Bohannan remained married to his second wife, Adelyse D'Arcy, from 1981 until his death.
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Paul Bohannan was a connoisseur of Scotch whisky and a ballet enthusiast.