Cheney, Dorothy L.

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Information for Authority record

Name (Latin)
Cheney, Dorothy L.
Date of birth
1950-08-24
Date of death
2018-11-09
Associated country
United States
Field of activity
Animal communication
Animal societies
Biology
Education, Higher
Primates--Behavior
Primates--Psychology
Occupation
Primatologists
College teachers
Associated Language
eng
Gender
female
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 36970955
Wikidata: Q53070077
Library of congress: n 90601565
Sources of Information
  • New York times WWW site, viewed Nov. 15, 2018(in obituary published Nov. 14: Dorothy L. Cheney; b. Dorothy Leavitt Cheney, Aug. 24, 1950, Boston; d. Friday [Nov. 9, 2018], Devon, Pa., aged 68; her careful research into how primates live and communicate revealed the surprising complexity of their thought processes and social structures)
  • The social origins of language, 2018:dust jacket (Dorothy L. Cheney is professor of biology at the University of Pennsylvania)
  • Her How monkeys see the world, c1990:CIP t.p. (Dorothy L. Cheney) pub. info. (Department of Anthropology, University of Pennsylvania)