(1908-10-16)October 16, 1908 Chicago, Illinois, United States
Died
January 14, 1980(1980-01-14) (aged 71) Kalk Bay, South Africa
Occupation
Writer, screenwriter, and playwright
Nationality
American
Alma mater
University of Chicago, Phi Beta Kappa, 1930
Notable works
Thunder Rock (1939)
The Three Musketeers (1948)
Madame Bovary (1949)
African Genesis (1961)
The Territorial Imperative (1966)
Khartoum (1966)
Notable awards
Guggenheim Fellowship
Sidney Howard Memorial Award
Royal Society of Literature Fellow
Spouses
Helen Johnson (m. 1938–1960; divorced) Berdine Grunewald (m. 1960–1980; his death)
Robert Ardrey (October 16, 1908 – January 14, 1980) was an American playwright, screenwriter and science writer perhaps best known for The Territorial Imperative (1966). After a Broadway and Hollywood career, he returned to his academic training in anthropology and the behavioral sciences in the 1950s.[1][2]
As a playwright and screenwriter Ardrey received many accolades. He was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1937,[3] won the inaugural Sidney Howard Memorial Award in 1940, and in 1966 received an Academy Award nomination for best screenplay for his script for Khartoum.[4] His most famous play is Thunder Rock.
Ardrey's science writing challenged models in the social sciences of his time. African Genesis (1961) and The Territorial Imperative (1966), two of his most widely read works, increased public awareness of evolutionary science.[5][6] His work was so popular that some scientists cited it as inspiring them to enter their fields.[7][8]
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^"Khartoum". IMDb.com. Internet Movie Database.
^Hunt, George P. "Provocateur in Anthropology." Time 26 August 1966: 2. Print.
^Wokler, Robert. "Perfectible Apes in Decadent Cultures: Rousseau's Anthropology Revisited." Daedalus Vol. 107, No. 3, Rousseau for Our Time (Summer, 1978), pp. 107-134. Print.
^"African Genesis has, in all probability, been read by more people throughout the world than any other book on human evolution and the nature of man. Its influence has been very great indeed as it fermented an intense debate about these topics, and catalysed a new set of concepts in paleoanthropology." Brain, C.K. 1983. "Robert Ardrey and the 'Killer-Apes'" in Brain, C.K. 1983 The Hunters of the Hunted: An Introduction to African Cave Taphonomy. Chicago: University of Chicago Press
^Selig, Ruth Osterweis (Spring–Summer 1999). "Human Origins: One Man's Search for the Causes in Time". Anthronotes. Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 29 May 2015.
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