Michael M. Ames, (June 19, 1933 – February 20, 2006) was a

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academic and Professor of Anthropology of the department of anthropology-sociology at the

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. Born in

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, he received a B.A. in anthropology from the University of British Columbia in 1956. He received his Ph.D. in social anthropology from

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in 1961. From 1962 to 1964, he was an assistant professor of sociology at

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. He started at the University of British Columbia as assistant professor in 1964 and became a full professor in 1970. From 1974 to 1997, he was director of the Museum of Anthropology at the University of British Columbia. From 2002 to 2004, he was also the acting director. In 1998, he was made a Member of the

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. He was elected a Fellow of the

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in 1979 and made a Fellow of the

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in 1996.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ames, Michael 1933 births 2006 deaths Canadian anthropologists Harvard Graduate School of Arts and Sciences alumni Fellows of the Royal Society of Canada McMaster University faculty Members of the Order of Canada People from Vancouver University of British Columbia alumni University of British Columbia faculty 20th-century anthropologists