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Paul Farmer was born on October 26, 1959 in North Adams, Massachusetts, United States and was credited as an anthropologist, human rights defender and physician. Paul Farmer died on February 21, 2022, aged 62. Schooling on record includes Hernando High School and Duke University. Recorded honors include Washburn Award (2016), MacArthur Fellows Program (1993), Bronislaw Malinowski Award (2016) and 5 more.
My Take
Paul Farmer is one of the figures who genuinely humbles me. Armed with both an MD and a PhD from Harvard, he could have taken any comfortable path; instead he poured that brilliance into Haiti's poorest communities and insisted, relentlessly, that health is a human right. The MacArthur and the Public Welfare Medal were almost afterthoughts to the actual work of sitting with people the world had written off. His death in 2022 felt like a real loss. What stays with me is the question his life quietly poses to the rest of us: for whom, exactly, are we using our gifts?
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1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Paul Farmer
- Name (Japanese)
- ポール・ファーマー
- Reading
- ぽーる・ふぁーまー
- Born
- October 26, 1959 – February 21, 2022
- Origin
- North Adams, Massachusetts, United States
- Occupation
- anthropologist / human rights defender / physician / writer
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Scorpio / Boar
2. Background
- High school
- Hernando High School
- University
- Duke University
Awards & achievements
- 2016 Washburn Award
- 1993 MacArthur Fellows Program
- 2016 Bronislaw Malinowski Award
- 2018 NAS Public Welfare Medal
- 2006 Mendel Medal
- 2010 honorary doctor of the University of Miami
- 2006 honorary doctorate from Princeton University
- 2009 honorary doctorate from Columbia University
3. Links
- Official sitehttps://www.pih.org/paul-farmer
- Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul%20Farmer
- Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9D%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%83%95%E3%82%A1%E3%83%BC%E3%83%9E%E3%83%BC
- Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2263705
4. About this entry
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Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.
Frequently asked questions
When was Paul Farmer born?
Paul Farmer was born on October 26, 1959.
When did Paul Farmer die?
Paul Farmer died on February 21, 2022, aged 62.
Where was Paul Farmer from?
Paul Farmer was from North Adams, Massachusetts, United States.
What did Paul Farmer do?
Paul Farmer worked as anthropologist, human rights defender, physician, writer.
Where did Paul Farmer study?
Paul Farmer attended Duke University.
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