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Aurel Stein

1862 - 1943

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Sir Marc Aurel Stein, (Hungarian: Stein Márk Aurél; 26 November 1862 – 26 October 1943) was a Hungarian-born British archaeologist, primarily known for his explorations and archaeological discoveries in Central Asia. He was also a professor at Indian universities. Stein was also an ethnographer, geographer, linguist and surveyor. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Aurel Stein has received more than 317,464 page views. His biography is available in 38 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 36 in 2019). Aurel Stein is the 26th most popular archaeologist (down from 18th in 2019), the 173rd most popular biography from Hungary (down from 124th in 2019) and the most popular Hungarian Archaeologist.

Aurel Stein was an archaeologist and explorer who is most famous for his discovery of the Dunhuang Caves in 1907.

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    Languages Editions (L)

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    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.33

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ARCHAEOLOGISTS

Among archaeologists, Aurel Stein ranks 26 out of 151. Before him are Austen Henry Layard, Alcide d'Orbigny, Khaemweset, George Gaylord Simpson, Flinders Petrie, and Leo Frobenius. After him are Bogdan Filov, Paul Pelliot, Yuri Knorozov, Othniel Charles Marsh, Isdal Woman, and Robert Ballard.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1862, Aurel Stein ranks 42. Before him are Maurice Barrès, Mary Anderson, Vito Cascio Ferro, August Oetker, Georges Feydeau, and Ugyen Wangchuck. After him are Leonid Pasternak, Tomitaro Makino, René Viviani, Théo van Rysselberghe, Infanta María de la Paz of Spain, and Anton Ažbe. Among people deceased in 1943, Aurel Stein ranks 50. Before him are Abdelaziz of Morocco, Ugo Cavallero, Conrad Veidt, Viktor Pavičić, Alexander Schmorell, and Lepa Radić. After him are Franz Jägerstätter, Marina Raskova, Kurt Huber, Kurt von Hammerstein-Equord, Takeda Sōkaku, and R. G. Collingwood.

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In Hungary

Among people born in Hungary, Aurel Stein ranks 173 out of 1,077. Before him are Gyula Zsengellér (1915), Béla Miklós (1890), Ferenc Erkel (1810), Michael Balint (1896), Constance of Hungary (1180), and Géza Lakatos (1890). After him are Valamir (420), Márta Mészáros (1931), Mór Jókai (1825), Attila József (1905), Princess Maria Antonia Koháry (1797), and Geraldine of Albania (1915).

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Among ARCHAEOLOGISTS In Hungary

Among archaeologists born in Hungary, Aurel Stein ranks 1. 

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