Richard Newbold Adams (August 4, 1924 – September 11, 2018) was an American anthropologist. His parents were Randolph Greenfield Adams and Helen Spiller Adams. He grew up in

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. Adams served in the United States military during World War II, then pursued postsecondary education, obtaining a bachelor's degree from the

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in 1947, followed by a master's and doctoral degree at

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in 1949 and 1951, respectively. He worked in Peru and Guatemala before teaching at

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starting in 1956. Adams joined the

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faculty in 1961. He received a

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in 1973, and was named the Rapoport Centennial Professor of Liberal Arts prior to his retirement in 1990. Adams married Betty Hannstein in 1951, with whom he had three children. The couple moved to Guatemala in retirement. Adams died in

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on September 11, 2018, aged 94.

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