Walter A. Fairservis, Jr. papers
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Dupree, Louis, 1925-1989
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Louis Dupree was a scholar, educator, and consultant on the refugees, politics, and archaeology of Afghanistan and Pakistan. He served as a Senior Research Associate for the Program in Islamic and Arabian Development Studies at Duke University during the late 1980s. Dupree was born in Greenville, North Carolina in 1925. He attended Greenville High School until about 1943, enlisting in the armed forces before earning his diploma. He served in World War II, first as a merchant seaman, then as ...
Fairservis, Walter Ashlin, 1921-1994
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Walter A. Fairservis Jr. was an authority on the rise and fall of ancient civilizations, including Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, and China. Born in Brooklyn in 1921, Fairservis traveled throughout the United States with his mother, an actress. He received B.A. and M.A. degrees in anthropology from Columbia University and a second M.A. and a Ph.D. from Harvard University. For many years Fairservis was associated with the American Museum of Natural History in New York wher...
