# Robert Boyd

> anthropologist

**Wikidata**: [Q1515949](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1515949)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Boyd_(anthropologist))  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/robert-boyd

## Summary

Robert Boyd, born February 11, 1948, in San Francisco[1][2], is a United States citizen and an anthropologist and university teacher. He is married to Joan Silk[3] and earned his education at the University of California, San Diego and the University of California, Davis[1][4]. Boyd has held academic positions at several institutions, including Duke University from 1980 to 1984, Emory University from 1984 to 1986, and the University of California, Los Angeles since 1986[1].His work spans anthropology, social anthropology, and evolutionary psychology[5]. Boyd has received notable awards, including a Guggenheim Fellowship and the J. I. Staley Prize[6]. At UCLA, he progressed from assistant professor (1986–1988) to associate professor (1988–1989) and has served as an emeritus professor since 1989[4][1].


## References

1. Freebase Data Dumps
2. Czech National Authority Database
3. [Source](https://search.asu.edu/profile/1952328)
4. [Source](https://anthro.ucla.edu/person/robert-boyd/)
5. [Source](https://anthro.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/rbcv-with-talks.pdf)
6. Guggenheim Fellows database
7. Mathematics Genealogy Project
8. [Source](https://www.mpg.de/9349950/evolutionary-anthropology-mcelreath)
9. Virtual International Authority File
10. CiNii Research
11. LIBRIS. 2005
12. Regional Database of the Central Bohemian Research Library in Kladno