Quote of the day
The Constitution was the expression not only of a political faith, but also of political fears. It was wrought both as the organ of the national interest and as the bulwark of certain individual and local rights.
Derek Freeman
Born: August 15, 1916
Died: July 6, 2001 (aged 84)
Bio: John Derek Freeman was a New Zealand anthropologist best known for his criticism of Margaret Mead's work on Samoan society, as described in her 1928 ethnography Coming of Age in Samoa.
Known for:
- Report on the Iban of Sarawak (1955)
- Dilthey's Dream (2001)
- Iban agriculture (1955)