| LC control no. | n 82141091 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Vansina, Jan |
| Variant(s) | Fansīnā, Yān Vansina, J. (Jan) |
| Associated country | Belgium United States Congo (Democratic Republic) Rwanda Burundi England |
| Birth date | 1929-09-14 |
| Death date | 2017-02-08 |
| Place of birth | Antwerp (Belgium) |
| Place of death | Madison (Wis.) |
| Field of activity | Africa, Central--History Oral tradition Kuba (African people) |
| Affiliation | University of Wisconsin--Madison Université catholique de Louvain (1970- ) |
| Profession or occupation | Historians |
| Found in | His Les tribus Ba-Kuba ... 1954. His Art history in Africa, 1983: CIP t.p. (J. Vansina) Takmilat tārīkh Iyālat Ṭarābulus al-Gharb, 1980: t.p. (Yān Fansīnā) Nat'l fac. dir., 1991 (Vansina, Jan M.; Dept. Hist., U. of Wis., Madison) Antecedents to modern Rwanda, c2004: t.p. (Jan Vansina) p. 4 of cover (John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Professor and Vilas Professor in History and Anthropology, Univ. of Wisconsin--Madison) Info. converted from 678, 2012-10-02 (b. 9/14/29) JSTOR, Ethnohistory, v. 42, no. 2, spring 1995, An interview with Jan Vansina, viewed Mar. 13, 2014: p. 303 (b. in Antwerp, Belgium; emeritus status at UW--Madison; studied history and law, Univ. of Leuven, 1946-1951, and anthropology, Univ. of London, 1951-1952; doctorate in history from Leuven 1957; has taught at Univ. of Wisconsin Madison since ca. 1960 except 1973-1975, when he held a position at Univ. of Leuven; has done extended fieldwork in Zaire, Rwanda, Burndi, and the Congo) p. 312 (Dutch speaker) International Division, University of Wisconsin-Madison website, Trailblazing African history scholar Jan Vansina passes away, Feb. 13, 2017, viewed Feb. 13, 2017 (professor emeritus Jan Vansina died in Madison on Feb. 8, 2017) |
| Associated language | dut eng fre |
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