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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 78,843 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Carl Blegen is the 100th most popular archaeologist (down from 84th in 2019), the 6,701st most popular biography from United States (down from 6,310th in 2019) and the 11th most popular American Archaeologist.

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    Languages Editions (L)

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    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ARCHAEOLOGISTS

Among archaeologists, Carl Blegen ranks 100 out of 104. Before him are Dorothy Garrod, Sylvanus Morley, James Prinsep, James Mellaart, Lewis Binford, and Michael D. Coe. After him are Ekrem Akurgal, John O. Westwood, Robert John Braidwood, Robert T. Bakker, Johann Andreas Wagner, and Charles W. Gilmore.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1887, Carl Blegen ranks 197. Before him are René Maran, Amadeo García, Victor Hope, 2nd Marquess of Linlithgow, Rudolph Lewis, Edith Sitwell, and Walter Johnson. After him are Rudolph Schindler, Teodor Koskenniemi, Felix Andries Vening Meinesz, Charles Reisner, Al Ernest Garcia, and Nils Middelboe. Among people deceased in 1971, Carl Blegen ranks 153. Before him are Gunnar Sköld, Jo Cals, Sofia Yablonska, Ramón Villeda Morales, Romeu Pellicciari, and Emerich Vogl. After him are Tor Johnson, Hjalmar Andersson, Mario Magnozzi, H. A. R. Gibb, Giannino Castiglioni, and Richmond Landon.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Carl Blegen ranks 6,701 out of 18,182. Before him are William Wilson Morgan (1906), Neal Hefti (1922), Walter Johnson (1887), Tim Daly (1956), Allen Garfield (1939), and Lola Albright (1924). After him are Hilary Duff (1987), Miguel d'Escoto Brockmann (1933), Ruth Brown (1928), Big Show (1972), Seth Gilliam (1968), and Walter Reed (1851).

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Among ARCHAEOLOGISTS In United States

Among archaeologists born in United States, Carl Blegen ranks 11. Before him are James Henry Breasted (1865), Edward Robinson (1794), Donald Johanson (1943), Sylvanus Morley (1883), Lewis Binford (1932), and Michael D. Coe (1929). After him are Robert John Braidwood (1907), Robert T. Bakker (1945), Charles W. Gilmore (1874), Stith Thompson (1885), J. P. Mallory (1945), and Nancy Dupree (1927).

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