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Bernard Bate

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Bernard Bate
Born1960
Died11 March 2016
California, USA
OccupationAnthropologist, professor, writer
Alma materUniversity of Chicago

Bernard Bate (1960 - 2016) was a linguistic anthropologist specializing in the Tamil language and the history of public speaking, and professor of anthropology at Yale University and at Yale-NUS College. His best known work was the book Tamil Oratory and Dravidian Aesthetic: Democratic Practice in South India which describes the emergence of a tradition of public speaking in the Tamil language during the Indian independence movement.[1][2] He received his PhD in anthropology from the University of Chicago. He taught at Yale for ten years before moving to the Yale-NUS College in Singapore, where he was instrumental in the development of the college's programs.[3] Bate died in his sleep on 11 March 2016.

References

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  1. ^ "Renowned Tamil scholar Bernard Bate passes away". 12 March 2016.
  2. ^ "Vale Bernard Bate | Savage Minds". 11 March 2016.
  3. ^ "Bernard Bate - Yale-NUS College - Yale-NUS College". Archived from the original on 2016-03-13. Retrieved 2016-03-12.

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