ARCHAEOLOGIST

Christian Jürgensen Thomsen

1788 - 1865

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Christian Jürgensen Thomsen (29 December 1788 – 21 May 1865) was a Danish antiquarian who developed early archaeological techniques and methods. In 1816 he was appointed head of 'antiquarian' collections which later developed into the National Museum of Denmark in Copenhagen. While organizing and classifying the antiquities for exhibition, he decided to present them chronologically according to the three-age system. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Christian Jürgensen Thomsen has received more than 199,904 page views. His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 34 in 2019). Christian Jürgensen Thomsen is the 12th most popular archaeologist (up from 14th in 2019), the 99th most popular biography from Denmark (down from 95th in 2019) and the most popular Danish Archaeologist.

Christian Jürgensen Thomsen is most famous for his Three Age System, which is a system of dividing up prehistory into three periods: the Stone Age, the Bronze Age, and the Iron Age.

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Among ARCHAEOLOGISTS

Among archaeologists, Christian Jürgensen Thomsen ranks 12 out of 151. Before him are Arthur Evans, Edward Drinker Cope, Semerkhet, Zahi Hawass, Nynetjer, and Marija Gimbutas. After him are V. Gordon Childe, Johann Friedrich Blumenbach, Ciriaco de' Pizzicolli, George Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon, Oscar Montelius, and Karl Richard Lepsius.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1788, Christian Jürgensen Thomsen ranks 8. Before him are Arthur Schopenhauer, Sarah Baartman, Augustin-Jean Fresnel, Princess Augusta of Bavaria, Infante Carlos, Count of Molina, and Jean-Victor Poncelet. After him are Joseph Freiherr von Eichendorff, Princess Wilhelmine of Baden, Archduke Rudolf of Austria, Étienne Cabet, Rama III, and Antoine César Becquerel. Among people deceased in 1865, Christian Jürgensen Thomsen ranks 12. Before him are Emil Lenz, William Rowan Hamilton, Anna Pavlovna of Russia, Johann Franz Encke, Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston, and Nicholas Alexandrovich, Tsesarevich of Russia. After him are Robert FitzRoy, Elizabeth Gaskell, Infante Francisco de Paula, Duke of Cádiz, Heinrich Barth, Shoqan Walikhanov, and Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller.

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In Denmark

Among people born in Denmark, Christian Jürgensen Thomsen ranks 99 out of 1,032. Before him are John, King of Denmark (1455), Canute Lavard (1096), Vilhelm Hammershøi (1864), Niels Gade (1817), Eric III of Denmark (1100), and Maximilian von Spee (1861). After him are Frederick, Hereditary Prince of Denmark (1753), N. F. S. Grundtvig (1783), Harald Bohr (1887), Princess Thyra of Denmark (1853), Jens Peter Jacobsen (1847), and Eric II of Denmark (1090).

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Among ARCHAEOLOGISTS In Denmark

Among archaeologists born in Denmark, Christian Jürgensen Thomsen ranks 1. After him are Peter Wilhelm Lund (1801), and Jens Jacob Asmussen Worsaae (1821).

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