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Date of Birth
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23-August-1926
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Place of Birth
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San Francisco
(California, United States of America, San Francisco Bay Area, San Francisco Peninsula, Area code 415)
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Nationality
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United States of America
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Also know as
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Clifford James Geertz
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Profession
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Writer, Anthropologist
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Quotes
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- But such an affection for what doesn't fit and won't comport, reality out of place...
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Clifford James Geertz was an American anthropologist who is remembered mostly for his strong support for and influence on the practice of symbolic anthropology, and who was considered "for three decades...the single most influential cultural anthropologist in the United States." He served until his death as professor emeritus at the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton.
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