Clifford Sather (27 August 1938 – 25 September 2024) A Memoire

was a scholar of gentle persuasion.He made his contributions to anthropology through his careful and considered analyses of ethnographic materials drawn from extensive research on the Bajau Laut of Sabah and on the Iban of Sarawak.On each of these societies, he wrote revealingly and offered comparative observations relevant to other societies in Southeast Asia.He was a distinguished ethnographer whose work combined depth of understanding