The Most Famous

ARCHAEOLOGISTS from Canada

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This page contains a list of the greatest Canadian Archaeologists. The pantheon dataset contains 151 Archaeologists, 1 of which were born in Canada. This makes Canada the birth place of the 32nd most number of Archaeologists behind Turkey, and South Africa.

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The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Canadian Archaeologists of all time. This list of famous Canadian Archaeologists is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.

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1. Davidson Black (1884 - 1934)

With an HPI of 44.81, Davidson Black is the most famous Canadian Archaeologist.  His biography has been translated into 18 different languages on wikipedia.

Davidson Black, (July 25, 1884 – March 15, 1934) was a Canadian paleoanthropologist, best known for his naming of Sinanthropus pekinensis (now Homo erectus pekinensis). He was Chairman of the Geological Survey of China and a Fellow of the Royal Society. He was known as 步達生 (pinyin: Bù Dáshēng) in China.

People

Pantheon has 1 people classified as Canadian archaeologists born between 1884 and 1884. Of these 1, none of them are still alive today. The most famous deceased Canadian archaeologists include Davidson Black.

Deceased Canadian Archaeologists

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