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Goddard, John, 1926-

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1926 - 2013

Biography

John Goddard (1926-2013) is an anthropologist, explorer, and public speaker.

John Goddard was born John Melvin Goddard on July 29, 1924 to Percival Lundberg Goddard and Lattie Alice Sorenson in Salt Lake City, Utah. His career as an anthropologist started with joining the Air Force during World War II. After he was discharged, he began his education at the University of Southern California where he majored in anthropology and psychology. John's career was defined by going to remote locations and studying the people there. He studied over 200 primitive civilizations in his quest to understand what modern life did to civilizations. He was also an adventurer and climbed many mountains and studied and went down many of the world's most treacherous rivers. John visited almost every country in the world. His adventures would eventually gain him the name of "real life Indiana Jones" by the New York Times. He has written many books and among the notable titles are "The Survivor" and "Kayaks Down the Nile". John married Virginia Pearlyne Crowley on June 13, 1952, and they had one child. He died on May 17, 2013, in Glendale, California.

Citation:
His Kayaks down the Nile, c1979: |b CIP galley t.p. (John M. Goddard) CIP data sheet (b. 1926) book t.p. (John Goddard)

Johngoddard.info, Via WWW, January 3, 2023 (John Goddard 1924-2013; anthropologist; joined the air force during World War II; Educated at University of Southern California; went to remote locations and studied people there; studied many primitive civilizations; Adventures were many and called the real life Indiana Jones; Wrote many books). Familysearch, Via WWW, January 3, 2023 (John Melvin Goddard; b. Jul. 29, 1924; d. May. 17, 2013; Mother Lattie Alice Sorenson; Father Percival Lundberg Goddard; Wife Virginia Pearlyne Crowley and had one child; Wrote for the New York Times; studied anthropology and physiology).

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

John Goddard papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 1956
Scope and Contents

Contains manuscripts, typescripts, transcripts, correspondence, photocopies, magazines, diary, and papers. Handwritten diaries, magazine articles, correspondence, newspaper clippings, and pamphlets. The diaries include accounts of Goddard's Congo expedition in 1956, his Nile expedition in 1951, and his South American expedition in 1962. The correspondence are between Goddard and his family relating his various activities.

Dates: 1950-1986

John Goddard photographs

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197239265553]
Identifier: MSS P 227
Scope and Contents

Collection includes photographs by John Goddard of South American natives, along with personal portraits. Dated approximately 1940-1979.

Dates: approximately 1940-1979

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Anthropologists 1
Anthropology 1
Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences 1
Congo River -- Description and travel 1
Correspondence 1