Quote of the day
It would be enough for me to have the system of a jury of twelve versus the system of one judge as a basis for preferring the U.S. to the Soviet Union. I would prefer the country you can leave to the country you cannot.
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)







