Robert McCormick Adams Jr.

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Robert_McCormick_Adams_Jr.
GPTKB entity
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:person
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:University_of_Chicago
gptkbp:awardReceived gptkb:Gold_Medal_Award_for_Distinguished_Archaeological_Achievement
Member of the National Academy of Sciences
Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
gptkbp:birthDate 1926-07-23
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Chicago,_Illinois,_United_States
gptkbp:deathDate 2018-01-27
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Chula_Vista,_California,_United_States
gptkbp:employer gptkb:Smithsonian_Institution
gptkb:University_of_Chicago
gptkbp:fieldOfWork anthropology
archaeology
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Robert McCormick Adams Jr.
gptkbp:knownFor research on ancient Mesopotamia
urbanism studies
gptkbp:notableWork gptkb:Heartland_of_Cities
The Evolution of Urban Society
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:academic_administrator
gptkb:anthropologist
gptkb:archaeologist
gptkbp:positionHeld gptkb:Secretary_of_the_Smithsonian_Institution
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Ruth_Skinner_Adams
gptkbp:termEnd 1994
gptkbp:termStart 1984
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Adams
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5