ARCHAEOLOGIST

Carl Blegen

1887 - 1971

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Carl William Blegen (January 27, 1887 – August 24, 1971) was an American archaeologist who worked at the site of Pylos in Greece and Troy in modern-day Turkey. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Carl Blegen has received more than 88,087 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Carl Blegen is the 120th most popular archaeologist (down from 100th in 2019), the 7,843rd most popular biography from United States (down from 6,687th in 2019) and the 13th most popular American Archaeologist.

Memorability Metrics

  • 88k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 53.65

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.88

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.37

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ARCHAEOLOGISTS

Among archaeologists, Carl Blegen ranks 120 out of 151. Before him are Meave Leakey, Ekrem Akurgal, Robert T. Bakker, Zakaria Goneim, Grafton Elliot Smith, and Klaus Schmidt. After him are Stith Thompson, Karel Absolon, Julio C. Tello, John Beazley, Dorothea Bate, and Robert John Braidwood.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1887, Carl Blegen ranks 233. Before him are Felix Andries Vening Meinesz, Monte Blue, Ahmet Haşim, Erich Hecke, Arvo Ylppö, and Walter Johnson. After him are Jack Conway, Patrick O'Connell, George Abbott, Walter Janssen, Giuseppe Domenichelli, and Samuel Eliot Morison. Among people deceased in 1971, Carl Blegen ranks 190. Before him are Dick Tiger, Billy Gilbert, Ciro Verratti, Erik Almlöf, Hank Mann, and Brock Chisholm. After him are Wolfgang Krull, Koichi Kudo, Tadas Ivanauskas, James Waddell Alexander II, Louis Armand, and Cliff Edwards.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Carl Blegen ranks 7,843 out of 20,380. Before him are Julian Castro (1974), Walter Johnson (1887), Julieta Venegas (1970), Tom Peters (1942), Helen Gallagher (1926), and Dick Durbin (1944). After him are Sidney Verba (1932), Julius J. Epstein (1909), Jerry Lawler (1949), Blanche Sweet (1896), Jane Bowles (1917), and Charles A. Beard (1874).

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Among ARCHAEOLOGISTS In United States

Among archaeologists born in United States, Carl Blegen ranks 13. Before him are Sylvanus Morley (1883), J. P. Mallory (1945), Donald Johanson (1943), Edward Robinson (1794), Lewis Binford (1932), and Robert T. Bakker (1945). After him are Stith Thompson (1885), Robert John Braidwood (1907), Michael D. Coe (1929), Nancy Dupree (1927), and William G. Dever (1933).

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