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Nikolaas Van der Merwe

Nikolaas Johannes Van der Merwe

Professor Emeritus of Natural History for the University of Cape Town


Born 11-08-1940 in Riviersonderend South Africa

Nikolaas Van der Merwe is Professor Emeritus of Natural History for the University of Cape Town. He is a Fellow at the University of Cape Town as well as Visiting Fellow of the Science and Engineering Research Council in the United Kingdom. Van der Merwe is a Fellow of the Linacre College at the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom.

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Current Position(s)

Professor Emeritus of Natural History | University of Cape Town
Cape Town | 2006 - present
Chair | Western Cape Chamber | Wildlife Ranching South Africa
Western Cape | 2006 - present
Research Associate | Field Museum of Natural History
Chicago

Previous Position(s)

Professor | Earth & Planetary Sciences, Harvard
1988 - 2000
Clay Professor | Scientific Archaeology | Harvard University
Cambridge, Mass | 1988 - 2000
Part-time Professor | University of Cape Town
1988 - 2000
Professor | Archaeology Department | University of Cape Town
1974 - 2000
Associate Professor | Anthropology, State University of NY
Binghamton, New York | 1969 - 1974
Assistant Professor | Anthropology, State University of NY
Binghamton, New York | 1966 - 1969

Educational history

Tertiary

University of Port Elizabeth

Awarded in 1995

Honorary Doctor of Science

Harvard University

Awarded in 1988

Honorary Master of Arts

Yale University

Completed 1966

Doctor of Philosophy

Yale University

Completed 1965

Master of Arts

Yale University

Completed 1962

Bachelor of Arts

Achievements

Awards

Pomerance Science Medal | American Institute of Archaeology

John F W Herschel Medal | Royal Society of South Africa

Distinguished Visiting Scholar | University Rhode Island

Conservation Award | Telemechanique Co

Killam Visiting Scholar | Scientific Research Council

Visiting Fellow | Science & Engineering Research Council

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Memberships

American Anthropological Association

Fellow

American Association for Advancement of Science

Fellow

Royal Society of South Africa

Fellow

Society of Antiquaries, London

Fellow

Explorers Club (NY)

Fellow

community

Western Cape Game Management Association

Chairman, 2000 - 2005


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