Dennis Ernest Tedlock (June 19, 1939 – June 3, 2016) was the McNulty Professor of English and Research Professor of Anthropology at the State University of New York at Buffalo. He received his Ph.D. in 1968 from

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. In 1986, he won the

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for his book ''Popul Vuh: The Mayan Book of the Dawn of Life'', and in 1997 was the joint recipient of the

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President's Award, along with his wife, Barbara Tedlock. He was a proponent of

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al anthropology.

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* 1939 births 2016 deaths Tulane University alumni American anthropologists American Mesoamericanists Mayanists Translators from Mayan University at Buffalo faculty 20th-century Mesoamericanists American academics of English literature 20th-century translators American Anthropologist editors {{mesoamerica-stub