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Leslie A. White  

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  • Leslie White was an American cultural anthropologist known for his neo-evolutionary viewpoint. White was born in Salida, Colorado, on January 19, 1900 and planned a career in the natural sciences before joining the Navy during World War I. This experience had a profound effect on him shifting his interests from the natural to the social sciences. [Source: Encyclopedia of Anthropology; White, Leslie A. (1900–1975)]

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