Wade Davis | |
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Born | Edmund Wade Davis December 14, 1953 West Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada |
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Spouse | Gail Percy |
Children | 2 |
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Education | Harvard University (Ph.D.) |
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Institutions | University of British Columbia |
Notable works | The Serpent and the Rainbow (1985) |
Website | daviswade |
Edmund Wade Davis CM (born December 14, 1953) is a Canadian cultural anthropologist, ethnobotanist, photographer, and writer.
Davis came to prominence with his 1985 best-selling book The Serpent and the Rainbow about the zombies of Haiti. He is professor of anthropology and the BC Leadership Chair in Cultures and Ecosystems at Risk at the University of British Columbia.