- Name: Jared Diamond
- Born: 09/10/1937 (83 years old)
Jared Mason Diamond (born September 10, 1937) is an American geographer, historian, anthropologist, and author best known for his popular science books The Third Chimpanzee (1991); Guns, Germs, and Steel (1997, awarded a Pulitzer Prize); Collapse (2005), The World Until Yesterday (2012), and Upheaval (2019). Originally trained in physiology, Diamond is known for drawing from a variety of fields, including anthropology, ecology, geography, and evolutionary biology. He is a professor of geography at UCLA.
Birth Name: Jared Mason Diamond
Awards: MacArthur Genius Grant, Phi Beta Kappa Award in Science, Royal Society Prize for Science Books, Pulitzer Prize, International Cosmos Prize, National Medal of Science, Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement, Wolf Prize in Agriculture
School: Harvard University, Trinity College, Cambridge, endplainlist
Alias: Jared Mason Diamond
Birth Place: Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
Source: Wikipedia
