William R. Ferris

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/William_R._Ferris
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gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:Davidson_College
gptkb:Northwestern_University
gptkb:Yale_University
gptkbp:awardReceived gptkb:Grammy_Award
gptkb:Charles_Frankel_Prize
gptkbp:birthDate 1942-02-05
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Vicksburg,_Mississippi,_United_States
gptkbp:editor gptkb:Encyclopedia_of_Southern_Culture
gptkbp:fieldOfWork African American studies
folk
Southern studies
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label William R. Ferris
gptkbp:memberOf gptkb:American_Academy_of_Arts_and_Sciences
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:American
gptkbp:notableWork gptkb:Blues_from_the_Delta
gptkb:Give_My_Poor_Heart_Ease
gptkb:The_Storied_South
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:professor
author
folk
documentarian
humanities scholar
gptkbp:positionHeld Professor at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities
gptkbp:residence gptkb:Chapel_Hill,_North_Carolina,_United_States
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Marcie_Cohen_Ferris
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Davidson_College
gptkb:University_of_North_Carolina_at_Chapel_Hill
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4