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ARCHAEOLOGIST

Colin Renfrew

1937 - Today

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Andrew Colin Renfrew, Baron Renfrew of Kaimsthorn, (born 25 July 1937) is 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 formerly the Disney Professor of Archaeology at the University of Cambridge and Director of the McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research and is now 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 172,330 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Colin Renfrew is the 52nd most popular archaeologist (down from 51st in 2019), the 2,153rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 2,316th in 2019) and the 10th most popular British Archaeologist.

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  • 52.06

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 27

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  • 5.76

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.92

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ARCHAEOLOGISTS

Among archaeologists, Colin Renfrew ranks 52 out of 104Before him are Alan Gardiner, Marcelino Sanz de Sautuola, Gustaf Kossinna, Jacques Boucher de Crèvecœur de Perthes, Louis Laurent Gabriel de Mortillet, and Isdal Woman. After him are Hormuzd Rassam, Peter Wilhelm Lund, Spyridon Marinatos, Giuseppe Fiorelli, Johan Gunnar Andersson, and Halet Çambel.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1937, Colin Renfrew ranks 198Before him are Lorraine Gary, Antonio Rattín, Erich Ribbeck, Barbara Steele, Eero Mäntyranta, and Edita Piekha. After him are Otto Pfister, Yukio Endo, Valentin Rasputin, Charlie Haden, Eduard Artemyev, and Wanda Jackson.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Colin Renfrew ranks 2,153 out of 7,765Before him are Lucy, Lady Duff-Gordon (1863), Allan Holdsworth (1946), Millicent Fawcett (1847), Henry Grey, 1st Duke of Suffolk (1517), Pieter de Molijn (1595), and Liam Gallagher (1972). After him are Murray Head (1946), Chas Chandler (1938), Alexander Parkes (1813), Flora MacDonald (1722), George Buchanan (1506), and Patrick Leigh Fermor (1915).

Among ARCHAEOLOGISTS In United Kingdom

Among archaeologists born in United Kingdom, Colin Renfrew ranks 10Before him are Flinders Petrie (1853), Leonard Woolley (1880), John Lubbock, 1st Baron Avebury (1834), Max Mallowan (1904), George Smith (1840), and Alan Gardiner (1879). After him are Robert Broom (1866), Kathleen Kenyon (1906), E. A. Wallis Budge (1857), John Evans (1823), Charles Dawson (1864), and John Marshall (1876).