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Robert Ardrey (October 16, 1908 – January 14, 1980) was an American playwright, screenwriter and science writer perhaps best known for The Territorial Imperative (1966). After a Broadway and Hollywood career, he returned to his academic training in anthropology and the behavioral sciences in the 1950s.
Born in 1908, Robert Ardrey was an American playwright and author who grew up on the South Side of Chicago. He attended the nearby University of Chicago, graduating in 1930. It was the very beginning of the Great Depression, which he writes in his autobiography “was the making of me…
“With an icy grand compassion for the human case, Robert Ardrey was a master craftsman of controversy and the human story. Admired by many, reviled by some, ignored by none, Robert Ardrey has always stimulated what Homo sapiens is supposed to do best: thinking.
“With an icy grand compassion for the human case, Robert Ardrey was a master craftsman of controversy and the human story. Admired by many, reviled by some, ignored by none, Robert Ardrey has always stimulated what Homo sapiens is supposed to do best: thinking.
Robert Ardrey was a playwright, screenwriter and anthropologist who wrote best-sellers on human evolution, such as "African Genesis" and "The Territorial Imperative". In this interview, he talks about his career switch, his critics, his new film "The Animal Within" and his views on human aggression and territory.
Robert Ardrey (1908—1980) was a novelist, playwright, and author of best-selling books on human and animal nature. He argued that human behavior is shaped by instincts derived from our evolutionary past as killer apes.
Robert Ardrey was born on 16 October 1908 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He was a writer, known for Khartoum (1966), The Three Musketeers (1948) and Quentin Durward (1955). He was married to Berdine Grünewald and Helen Johnson. He died on 14 January 1980 in Cape Town, South Africa.
