Bruce Trigger
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Bruce Graham Trigger OC OQ FRSC (June 18, 1937 – December 1, 2006) was a Canadian archaeologist, anthropologist, and ethnohistorian. He was appointed the James McGill Professor at McGill University in 2001.[3]
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Bruce G. Trigger | |
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Born | (1937-06-18)June 18, 1937 |
Died | December 1, 2006(2006-12-01) (aged 69)[1] |
Nationality | Canadian |
Occupation(s) | archaeologist and ethnohistorian |
Spouse | Barbara Welch [1] |
Children | Isabel Trigger and Rosalyn Trigger |
Awards | Innis-Gérin Medal, Cornplanter Medal, Officer of the National Order of Quebec, Officer of the Order of Canada |
Academic background | |
Education | St. Mary’s Collegiate Institute Stratford Collegiate Institute |
Alma mater | University of Toronto (B.A., 1959) Yale University (Ph.D., 1964) |
Thesis | History and Settlement of Lower Nubia[2] (1964) |
Doctoral advisor | William Kelly Simpson and Michael D. Coe |
Academic work | |
Discipline | Archaeology Anthropology Ethnohistory |
Institutions | Northwestern University McGill University |
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