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Dean anthropology educator

Michael George Whisson, British, South African dean, anthropology educator. Lay minister Church of the Province South Africa, Cape Town and Grahamstown, since 1967; councillor Grahamstown Cathedral and Diocese, since 1982, provincial Synod representative, since 1982. Fellow Royal Anthropol. Institute.

Background

Whisson, Michael George was born on June 10, 1937 in Croydon, England. Arrived in South Africa, 1965. Son of Herbert James and Katherine May (Halliday) Whisson.

Education

Bachelor with honors, St. Catherine's College-Cambridge University, 1960. Doctor of Philosophy, St. Catherine's College-Cambridge University, 1963.

Career

Research fellow East African Institute Social and Economic Research, Makerere, Uganda, 1960-1962. Lecturer University British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada, 1963-1964. Director research Discharged Prisoners Aid Society, Hong Kong, 1964-1965.

Lecturer University Cape Town, South Africa, 1965-1978. Professor anthropology Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa, since 1978, dean of arts South Africa, since 1987.

Achievements

  • Michael George Whisson has been listed as a noteworthy dean, anthropology educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Lay minister Church of the Province South Africa, Cape Town and Grahamstown, since 1967. Councillor Grahamstown Cathedral and Diocese, since 1982, provincial Synod representative, since 1982. Fellow Royal Anthropol.

Institute.

Interests

  • Swimming, reading.

Connections

Married Adrienne Merle Fincham Pannell, September 21, 1968. Children: David George, Rebecca Katherine.

Father:
Herbert James Whisson

Mother:
Katherine May (Halliday) Whisson

Spouse:
Adrienne Merle Fincham Pannell

child:
Rebecca Katherine Whisson

child:
David George Whisson