1864 - 1916
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. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Charles Dawson has received more than 211,058 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Charles Dawson is the 87th most popular archaeologist (down from 41st in 2019), the 3,167th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,031st in 2019) and the 15th most popular British Archaeologist.
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Among archaeologists, Charles Dawson ranks 87 out of 104. Before him are Israel Finkelstein, Massimo Pallottino, Henri Frankfort, John Evans, Sven Nilsson, and Paul Rivet. After him are John Marshall, Akurgal, Tatiana Proskouriakoff, Dragutin Gorjanović-Kramberger, Zakaria Goneim, and Dorothea Bate.
1949 - Present
HPI: 48.18
Rank: 81
1909 - 1995
HPI: 48.15
Rank: 82
1897 - 1954
HPI: 48.03
Rank: 83
1823 - 1908
HPI: 47.92
Rank: 84
1787 - 1883
HPI: 47.86
Rank: 85
1876 - 1959
HPI: 47.81
Rank: 86
1864 - 1916
HPI: 47.77
Rank: 87
1876 - 1958
HPI: 47.76
Rank: 88
2600 BC - 2500 BC
HPI: 47.76
Rank: 89
1909 - 1985
HPI: 47.76
Rank: 90
1856 - 1936
HPI: 47.64
Rank: 91
1905 - 1959
HPI: 47.63
Rank: 92
1878 - 1951
HPI: 47.44
Rank: 93
Among people born in 1864, Charles Dawson ranks 118. Before him are Berta Zuckerkandl, Juhan Liiv, Einar Benediktsson, Kamini Roy, Maud Watson, and Jens Ferdinand Willumsen. After him are Aleksey Shakhmatov, Herman Heijermans, John Walter Gregory, José Pardo y Barreda, Sergei Zubatov, and Ransom E. Olds. Among people deceased in 1916, Charles Dawson ranks 110. Before him are Kazimierz Alchimowicz, Ioannis Frangoudis, Lily Braun, Alfred Cogniaux, Giuseppe Pitrè, and Clements Markham. After him are Germán Riesco, Sámuel Teleki, Antonin Mercié, Aeneas Mackintosh, Maksim Kovalevsky, and Leo Anton Karl de Ball.
1864 - 1945
HPI: 48.55
Rank: 112
1864 - 1913
HPI: 48.43
Rank: 113
1864 - 1940
HPI: 48.34
Rank: 114
1864 - 1933
HPI: 48.31
Rank: 115
1864 - 1946
HPI: 48.07
Rank: 116
1864 - 1958
HPI: 47.95
Rank: 117
1864 - 1916
HPI: 47.77
Rank: 118
1864 - 1920
HPI: 47.39
Rank: 119
1864 - 1924
HPI: 47.29
Rank: 120
1864 - 1932
HPI: 47.04
Rank: 121
1864 - 1947
HPI: 46.99
Rank: 122
1864 - 1917
HPI: 46.87
Rank: 123
1864 - 1950
HPI: 46.82
Rank: 124
1840 - 1916
HPI: 48.73
Rank: 104
1863 - 1916
HPI: 48.32
Rank: 105
1865 - 1916
HPI: 48.25
Rank: 106
1841 - 1916
HPI: 48.11
Rank: 107
1841 - 1916
HPI: 48.07
Rank: 108
1830 - 1916
HPI: 47.94
Rank: 109
1864 - 1916
HPI: 47.77
Rank: 110
1854 - 1916
HPI: 47.69
Rank: 111
1845 - 1916
HPI: 47.51
Rank: 112
1845 - 1916
HPI: 47.35
Rank: 113
1879 - 1916
HPI: 47.15
Rank: 114
1851 - 1916
HPI: 46.81
Rank: 115
1853 - 1916
HPI: 46.77
Rank: 116
Among people born in United Kingdom, Charles Dawson ranks 3,167 out of 7,765. Before him are John Robison (1739), Geoff Bent (1932), Alan Bennett (1934), Gwendoline Christie (1978), Billie Whitelaw (1932), and Michael Mann (1942). After him are Harry Edwin Wood (1881), Mike Parkes (1931), Laura Mulvey (1941), John Marshall (1876), Estelle Winwood (1883), and Michael Wilding (1912).
1739 - 1805
HPI: 47.80
Rank: 3,161
1932 - 1958
HPI: 47.79
Rank: 3,162
1934 - Present
HPI: 47.79
Rank: 3,163
1978 - Present
HPI: 47.79
Rank: 3,164
1932 - 2014
HPI: 47.79
Rank: 3,165
1942 - Present
HPI: 47.78
Rank: 3,166
1864 - 1916
HPI: 47.77
Rank: 3,167
1881 - 1946
HPI: 47.77
Rank: 3,168
1931 - 1977
HPI: 47.77
Rank: 3,169
1941 - Present
HPI: 47.77
Rank: 3,170
1876 - 1958
HPI: 47.76
Rank: 3,171
1883 - 1984
HPI: 47.76
Rank: 3,172
1912 - 1979
HPI: 47.74
Rank: 3,173
Among archaeologists born in United Kingdom, Charles Dawson ranks 15. Before him are Alan Gardiner (1879), Colin Renfrew (1937), Robert Broom (1866), Kathleen Kenyon (1906), E. A. Wallis Budge (1857), and John Evans (1823). After him are John Marshall (1876), Dorothea Bate (1878), Dorothy Garrod (1892), James Prinsep (1799), James Mellaart (1925), and John O. Westwood (1805).
1879 - 1963
HPI: 53.95
Rank: 9
1937 - Present
HPI: 52.06
Rank: 10
1866 - 1951
HPI: 51.41
Rank: 11
1906 - 1978
HPI: 49.98
Rank: 12
1857 - 1934
HPI: 49.58
Rank: 13
1823 - 1908
HPI: 47.92
Rank: 14
1864 - 1916
HPI: 47.77
Rank: 15
1876 - 1958
HPI: 47.76
Rank: 16
1878 - 1951
HPI: 47.44
Rank: 17
1892 - 1968
HPI: 47.33
Rank: 18
1799 - 1840
HPI: 46.76
Rank: 19
1925 - 2012
HPI: 46.75
Rank: 20
1805 - 1893
HPI: 46.01
Rank: 21