Howard Carter
1874 - 1939
HPI 77.3579 languages
Howard Carter was an English archaeologist and Egyptologist who is most famous for discovering the tomb of Tutankhamun in 1922.
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The top 10 Archaeologists from United Kingdom trending on Wikipedia in the past 7 days, with a quick note on what drove the spike.
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Arthur Evans
1851 - 1941
Trending in German (#109) Wikipedia (2,376 views, on Jul 11).
This page contains a list of the greatest British Archaeologists. The pantheon dataset contains 153 Archaeologists, 34 of which were born in United Kingdom.
Top 10 British Archaeologists
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the top 10 most legendary British Archaeologists of all time. This list of famous British Archaeologists is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography's online popularity. Visit the rankings page to view the entire list of British Archaeologists.
#1 #2 Arthur Evans
1851 - 1941
HPI 74.0955 languagesArthur Evans is most famous for his discovery of the Minoan civilization on the island of Crete.
#3 
Colin Renfrew
1937 - 2024
HPI 70.9134 languagesBritish archaeologist
#4 
George Smith
1840 - 1876
HPI 68.2326 languagesEnglish Assyriologist (1840–1876)
#5 
George Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon
1866 - 1923
HPI 67.0338 languagesGeorge Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon is most famous for being the financial backer of the excavation of Tutankhamun's tomb.
#6 
Flinders Petrie
1853 - 1942
HPI 65.1040 languagesEnglish egyptologist
#7 
John Lubbock, 1st Baron Avebury
1834 - 1913
HPI 64.2428 languagesEnglish banker, Liberal politician, philanthropist, scientist and polymath (1834-1913)
#8 
Leonard Woolley
1880 - 1960
HPI 62.5629 languagesBritish archaeologist (1880–1960)
#9 
John O. Westwood
1805 - 1893
HPI 62.3919 languagesEnglish entomologist and archaeologist (1805-1893)
#10 
Max Mallowan
1904 - 1978
HPI 61.4924 languagesAgatha Christie's second husband
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