Holsoe, Svend E.
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Fuller Name
- Svend Einar
Variants
- Holsoe, Svend
- Holsoe, Svend Einar
Additional Information
Birth Date
- 1939-03-16
Death Date
- 2017-05-04
Has Affiliation
- Organization: Liberian Studies Association
- Organization: University of Delaware. Department of Anthropology
Has Affiliation
- Affiliation Start: 1970
- Affiliation End: 1995
- Organization: University of Delaware
Has Affiliation
- Affiliation Start: 1967
- Affiliation End: 1970
- Organization: DePauw University
Has Affiliation
- Affiliation End: 1967
- Organization: Boston University
Has Affiliation
- Affiliation End: 1961
- Organization: Haverford College
Birth Place
- Morgantown (W. Va.)
Associated Language
- English
Field of Activity
(naf) Liberia--History
(naf) Liberia--Civilization
Occupation
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Sources
- found: Author's A bibliography on Liberia, 1971-
- found: UDaily, via WWW, May 22, 2017:In memoriam: Svend Holsoe, published May 18, 2017 (Svend E. Holsoe, 78, associate professor emeritus of anthropology at the University of Delaware, died May 4, 2017, in Philadelphia; renowned scholar of Liberian history and culture, with a particular focus on the Vai people; born in West Virginia, Prof. Holsoe's interest in Liberia began as a child when his family moved to Monrovia, where his father worked for the Liberian government and for the U.S. Navy; earned a bachelor's degree at Haverford College and master's and doctoral degrees at Boston University; in 1967, he joined the faculty of DePauw University, where he taught until 1970; came to UD in 1970 and was a member of the Department of Anthropology faculty until his retirement in 1995; leading expert in Liberian studies)
- found: The bush chicken, via WWW, May 22, 2017:A tribute to Svend E. Holsoe (1939-2017), a tireless American scholar of Liberia, by D. Elwood Dunn, published May 12, 2017 (Svend E. Holsoe; renowned scholar of the Liberian experience; an expert on the Vai people; died May 4, 2017 in Philadelphia; born in Morgantown, West Virginia on March 16, 1939; educated at Haverford College (B.S., 1961), and Boston University (M.A., 1963; Ph.D., anthropology with minor in African History, 1967); pioneering role in the creation in 1968 of the Liberian Studies Association and founding editor of the Liberian Studies journal; served as editor of the journal from 1968-1980)
- found: Daily observer, via WWW, September 21, 2017:Svend Einar Holsoe, 1939-2017, tireless American scholar of Liberia, published May 16, 2017 (Professor Svend E. Holsoe; renowned scholar of the Liberian experience; expert on the Vai people; collector of things Liberian; the Holsoe Collection may contain the only surviving copies of important Liberian state papers and historical and cultural documents)
- found: OCLC, September 21, 2017(usage: Svend E. Holsoe, Svend Holsoe, Svend Einar Holsoe)
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Change Notes
- 1980-07-17: new
- 2023-09-09: revised
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