E valentine daniel biography for kids
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Valentine Daniel
Sri Lankan academic, anthropologist and author
Professor Errol Valentine Daniel is a Sri Lankan academic, anthropologist and author.
He is currently Professor of Anthropology and Director of the Southern Asian Institute at Columbia University.[1][2]
Early life
Daniel is of Tamil descent on his father's side and of Burgher descent on his mother side.[3] He was educated at Jaffna College.[4][5] After school he joined Amherst College from where he received a B.A.
degree.[6] He then received M.A. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Chicago.[6]
Career
Daniel taught at the University of Washington (1978–90).[7] He then taught at the University of Michigan (1990–97), serving as Director of the Program in Comparative Studies in Social Transformation from 1995 to 1997.[6] He then joined Columbia University.
Daniel has also been a visiting professor at the University o