Philip John Crosskey Dark

Background

Dark, Philip John Crosskey was born on May 15, 1918 in London. Son of John Noel and Annie (Crosskey) Dark.

Education

Student, Bradfield College, Berkshire, England, 1932-1935; diploma in art, Slade School Fine Art, London, 1948; Master of Arts, Yale University, 1950; Doctor of Philosophy in Anthropology (special fellow social science 1950-1951), Yale University, 1954.

Career

Administrative secretary, assistant registrar, West African Institute Social and Economics Research, U. Ibadan, Nigeria, 1954-1956; senior research fellow, U. Ibadan, 1957-1960; professor anthropology, Southern Illinois U., 1960-1978; emeritus, Southern Illinois U., since 1978; department chairman, Southern Illinois U., 1963-1966. Research associate African ethnology Field Museum Natural History, since 1963, Metropolitan Museum Art, 1977-1980. Member Committee on Anthropological Research in Museums,1964-1974.

Board of directors Human Relations Area Files, Inc., 1974-1978. Council for Museum Anthropology, 1974-1978.

Achievements

• Philip John Crosskey Dark has been listed as a noteworthy anthropologist, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • The Art of Benin - A Catalogue of an Exhibition of the A.W.F. Fuller and Chicago Natural History Museum collections of antiquities from Benin, Nigeria

    (1962 Chicago. 8vo., 74pp. plus 48 photo plates, wraps. VG.)

  • Introduction to Benin Art and Technology
  • An Introduction to Benin Art and Techniques
  • Bush Negro Art An African Art in the Americas
  • An Illustrated Catalogue of Benin Art
  • Bush Negro art;: An African art in the Americas
  • The Art of Benin a Catalogue of an Exhibition of the A.W.F. Fuller and Chicago Natural History Museum Collections...

Membership

Served to Lieutenant Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, 1940-1946. Fellow American Anthropological Association, Royal Anthropological Institute. Member Society des Oceanistes, R.N.V.R. Officers Association, Hakluyt Society, Royal Institution of Cornwall, Pacific Arts Association (Executive Committee since 1978, Manu Daula Frigate Bird award1984, member county since 1984, editor Pacific Arts journal since 1990).

Connections

Married Mavis Helena Boam, March 7, 1942. Children: Gail Susan, Victoria Eve.

Father:

John Noel Dark

Mother:

Annie (Crosskey) Dark

Spouse:

Mavis Helena Boam

child:

Gail Susan Dark

child:

Victoria Eve Dark