Professor Richard Lee

Internationally renowned anthropologist Richard Lee is an expert on hunter-gatherer societies. Early in his career, he worked at Harvard University, leading field expeditions to study and live among the !Kung San bushmen of the Kalahari. Lee joined the Department of Anthropology at U of T in 1972 and was promoted to the elite rank of University Professor in 1999. He is the author of more than 100 papers, and his authoritative book on the !Kung San people was named one of the most important works of the 20th century by American Scientist.