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Charles Dawson

1864 - 1916

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Charles Dawson (11 July 1864 – 10 August 1916) was a British amateur archaeologist who claimed to have made a number of archaeological and palaeontological discoveries that were later exposed as frauds. These forgeries included the Piltdown Man (Eoanthropus dawsoni), a unique set of bones that he claimed to have found in 1912 in Sussex. Many technological methods such as fluorine testing indicate that this discovery was a hoax, and Dawson, the only one with the skill and knowledge to generate this forgery, was a major suspect. The eldest of three sons, Dawson moved with his family from Preston, Lancashire, to Hastings, Sussex, when he was still very young. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Charles Dawson is the 82nd most popular archaeologist, the 2,966th most popular biography from United Kingdom and the 13th most popular British Archaeologist.

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Among ARCHAEOLOGISTS

Among archaeologists, Charles Dawson ranks 82 out of 151. Before him are Sylvanus Morley, Israel Finkelstein, Halet Çambel, Kathleen Kenyon, Jens Jacob Asmussen Worsaae, and Johann Andreas Wagner. After him are Ernesto Schiaparelli, Christiane Desroches Noblecourt, J. P. Mallory, Tatiana Proskouriakoff, Dorothy Garrod, and Ernst Herzfeld.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1864, Charles Dawson ranks 121. Before him are Elena Văcărescu, Karl Neukirch, John Walter Gregory, Paul von Hintze, Berta Zuckerkandl, and Jens Ferdinand Willumsen. After him are Kamini Roy, Eemil Nestor Setälä, Alfred Roller, Victor Bérard, Einar Benediktsson, and Aleksey Shakhmatov. Among people deceased in 1916, Charles Dawson ranks 107. Before him are Kazimierz Alchimowicz, Antonin Mercié, Josiah Royce, George Huntington, Jane Dieulafoy, and Albert Chmielowski. After him are Ioannis Frangoudis, Ishi, Henri Harpignies, Florence Baker, Alfred Kleiner, and Giuseppe Pitrè.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Charles Dawson ranks 2,966 out of 8,785. Before him are Richard Burbage (1567), Jimmy McGrory (1904), John Christopher (1922), Andy Cole (1971), Sidney Godolphin, 1st Earl of Godolphin (1645), and Nik Kershaw (1958). After him are Frederick Spencer, 4th Earl Spencer (1798), John Soane (1753), Henry Beaufort, 3rd Duke of Somerset (1436), Amy Robsart (1532), Philip Henry Gosse (1810), and Karen Spärck Jones (1935).

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Among ARCHAEOLOGISTS In United Kingdom

Among archaeologists born in United Kingdom, Charles Dawson ranks 13. Before him are Leonard Woolley (1880), Max Mallowan (1904), Colin Renfrew (1937), Robert Broom (1866), Alan Gardiner (1879), and Kathleen Kenyon (1906). After him are Dorothy Garrod (1892), John Evans (1823), John Marshall (1876), John O. Westwood (1805), James Mellaart (1925), and E. A. Wallis Budge (1857).

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