ARCHAEOLOGIST

Colin Renfrew

1937 - 2024

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Andrew Colin Renfrew, Baron Renfrew of Kaimsthorn, (25 July 1937 – 24 November 2024) was a British archaeologist, paleolinguist and Conservative peer noted for his work on radiocarbon dating, the prehistory of languages, archaeogenetics, neuroarchaeology, and the prevention of looting at archaeological sites. Renfrew was also the Disney Professor of Archaeology at the University of Cambridge and Director of the McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research and was a Senior Fellow of the McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Colin Renfrew has received more than 206,587 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Colin Renfrew is the 52nd most popular archaeologist, the 1,993rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 2,148th in 2019) and the 9th most popular British Archaeologist.

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  • 29

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.28

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.91

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ARCHAEOLOGISTS

Among archaeologists, Colin Renfrew ranks 52 out of 151. Before him are Margaret Murray, Marcelino Sanz de Sautuola, James Henry Breasted, Ami Boué, Paul-Émile Botta, and Max Mallowan. After him are Hormuzd Rassam, Johan Gunnar Andersson, Louis Laurent Gabriel de Mortillet, Max von Oppenheim, Heinrich Karl Brugsch, and Adolf Furtwängler.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1937, Colin Renfrew ranks 199. Before him are Richard Jordan, Monica Zetterlund, Robert Gallo, Dick Dale, Valentin Rasputin, and Vadim Bakatin. After him are Antonio Rattín, Chandrashekhara Kambara, Joseph Estrada, Gordon Milne, Carlos Westendorp, and Harri Holkeri. Among people deceased in 2024, Colin Renfrew ranks 173. Before him are John Barth, Bill Cobbs, Bernard Chiarelli, Christoph Daum, Jean Malaurie, and Silvio Santos. After him are Vernor Vinge, Günter Brus, Humberto Maschio, Teri Garr, Brian Mulroney, and Jamshid bin Abdullah of Zanzibar.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Colin Renfrew ranks 1,993 out of 8,785. Before him are John Adams (1767), Randolph Churchill (1911), Hugh Hudson (1936), Daisy, Princess of Pless (1873), Richard Parkes Bonington (1801), and Robert Morley (1908). After him are Dennis W. Sciama (1926), Tom Hiddleston (1981), George Mary Searle (1839), John Kerr (1824), William Smith (1813), and Eric Woolfson (1945).

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Among ARCHAEOLOGISTS In United Kingdom

Among archaeologists born in United Kingdom, Colin Renfrew ranks 9. Before him are George Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon (1866), Flinders Petrie (1853), George Smith (1840), John Lubbock, 1st Baron Avebury (1834), Leonard Woolley (1880), and Max Mallowan (1904). After him are Robert Broom (1866), Alan Gardiner (1879), Kathleen Kenyon (1906), Charles Dawson (1864), Dorothy Garrod (1892), and John Evans (1823).

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