Jared Diamond
American scientist, historian and author
Jared Diamond is an American scientist, historian and author who has written on subjects from anthropology to ecology. His book Guns, Germs and Steel won a Pulitzer Prize.
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American Born 1937 in Boston, United States
About Jared Diamond
Jared Mason Diamond was born in Boston, Massachusetts, on September 10, 1937. He trained first in biochemistry and physiology, then went on to publish in fields including anthropology, ecology, geography and evolutionary biology. He taught geography at UCLA (the University of California, Los Angeles) until he retired in 2024. Guns, Germs and Steel appeared in 1997 and earned the Pulitzer Prize in 1998 in the general nonfiction category. Diamond also received a MacArthur Fellowship in 1985 and the National Medal of Science in 1999. Our catalog also includes The Third Chimpanzee, Upheaval and Why is Sex Fun?