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His writing in English has carried these varied concerns into published form, reaching readers through works that draw on his expertise across the natural and human sciences.\n\nOne such work is The Serpent and the Rainbow, a book that stands among his authored titles and reflects the breadth of his engagement with anthropology and related fields. His contributions have attracted several honors over the course of his career: he received the David Fairchild Medal and the Baillie Gifford Prize, and was appointed a Member of the Order of Canada — a distinction awarded by the country where he was born and of which he remains a citizen.\n\nDavis continues to work as an anthropologist, ethnobotanist, botanist, photographer, and university teacher, maintaining the range of roles that has defined his professional life. He writes in English and holds Canadian citizenship. 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For Mallory it was as if a dam had burst and the impounded emotions of a young lifetime had found immediate release.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":11,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":12},{},[],{"id":77,"quote_text":78,"author_id":5,"source_id":30,"has_image":23,"author":79,"source":80,"quote_tag":81,"commentary":12},3500658,"There is no doubt that we are a very cruel people,′ Winston Churchill wrote home from the front. ‘Severity always,’ went the British motto, ’justice when possible.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":11,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":12},{},[],{"currentPage":83,"totalPages":30,"totalItems":8,"itemsPerPage":84},1,10]