Irven DeVore, Date of Birth, Date of Death
TweetIrven DeVore
American anthropologist and primatologist
Date of Birth: 07-Oct-1934
Date of Death: 23-Sep-2014
Profession: anthropologist
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Libra 
About Irven DeVore
- Irven DeVore (October 7, 1934 – September 23, 2014) was an anthropologist and evolutionary biologist, and Curator of Primatology at Harvard University's Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology.
- He headed Harvard's Department of Anthropology from 1987 to 1992.
- He taught generations of students at Harvard both at the undergraduate and graduate levels.
- He mentored many young scientists who went on to prominence in anthropology and behavioral biology, including Richard Lee, Robert Trivers, Sarah Hrdy, Peter Ellison, Barbara Smuts, Patricia Draper, Henry Harpending, Marjorie Shostak, Robert Bailey, Nadine Peacock, John Tooby, Richard Wrangham, Terrence Deacon, Steven Gaulin, and others.
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