Clifford Geertz, Cultural Anthropologist, Is Dead at 80

by E Wayne Ross on November 1, 2006

The New York Times: Clifford Geertz, Cultural Anthropologist, Is Dead at 80

Clifford Geertz, the eminent cultural anthropologist whose work focused on interpreting the symbols he believed give meaning and order to people’s lives, died on Monday in Philadelphia. He was 80 and lived in Princeton, N.J.