Alicia Dussán de Reichel, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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Colombian anthropologist
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Place of Birth: Bogotá, Colombia
About Alicia Dussán de Reichel
- Alicia Dussán de Reichel (born 16 October 1920) is a Colombian educator, who was one of the first students of ethnology in the country.
- For two decades, she was the only woman conducting archaeological and anthropological studies in the country.
- Her research focused on Colombia and the Caribbean and along with her husband, she founded University of the Andes' Department of Anthropology.
- She occupied Chair 15 of the Colombian Academy of Exact, Physical and Natural Sciences until 2008 and was the only anthropologist to be a member during her tenure.
- In 2010, she was honored by the French Government with the designation of officer of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres.
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