Background
Leeds, Anthony was born on January 26, 1925 in New York City. Son of Arthur S. and Polly (Cahn) Leeds.
Leeds, Anthony was born on January 26, 1925 in New York City. Son of Arthur S. and Polly (Cahn) Leeds.
He received his Bachelor of Arts in anthropology from in 1949. Field work in Bahia, Brazil, led to his dissertation “Economic Cycles in Brazil: The Persistence of a Total-Culture Pattern: Cacao and Other Cases”. Students at Columbia at roughly the same time were Marvin Harris, Sally Falk Moore, Robert Murphy, and Andrew P. Vayda.
Leeds earned his Doctor of Philosophy in anthropology from Columbia University in 1957.
Teaching assistant anthropology department, Columbia University, New York City, 1952-1953;
administrative assistant, Columbia University, New York City, 1953-1954;
part time instructor, Columbia University, New York City, 1953-1954, 59-60;
science instructor, Baldwin School, New York City, 1954-1956;
instructor department sociology and anthropology, Hofstra U., Hempstead, New York, 1956-1959;
instructor department sociology and anthropology, CUNY, part-time 1956-1959;
assistant professor, CUNY, 1959-1961;
chief program urban development, department social affairs, Pan American Union, Washington, 1961-1963;
associate professor, University Texas, Austin, 1963-1967;
professor, University Texas, Austin, 1967-1972;
research associate, Institute Latin American Studies, 1963-1972;
professor, Boston University, 1972-1989;
research associate, Center for Study of History and Philosophy of Science, 1973-1989;
research associate, African Studies Center, 1977-1989. Lecturer Catholic U., American U., Washington, 1962-1963, United States Foreign Service Department, 1961-1962. Visiting professor Federal U. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Museu Nacional,1969.
Visiting lecturer American Anthropological Association, 1963-1972. Fulbright visiting professor Oxford and London universities, England, 1972-1973. Technical consultant, evaluator Agency for International Development, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 1966.
Consultant Columbia University Institute Urban Environment, 1968, Southwest Ednl. Development Laboratory, Austin, 1970-1972. Member National Academy Sciences-National Research Council-Conselho Nacional de Pesquisas Joint Brazilian-American Commision on Industrial Research and Development, 1966-1968.
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Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science (section 4), Society General Systems Research, Society Urban Anthropology (president 1981-1982, coordinator 1982-1983), Council European Studies, Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi.
Married Jo Alice Lowrey, November 28, 1948. Married Elizabeth Rachel Plotkin, January 28, 1967. Children: Madeleine, John Christopher, Anne Lowrey, Jeremy, Jared Martin.