ARCHAEOLOGIST

Davidson Black

1884 - 1934

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Davidson Black, (July 25, 1884 – March 15, 1934) was a Canadian paleoanthropologist, best known for his naming of Sinanthropus pekinensis (now Homo erectus pekinensis). He was Chairman of the Geological Survey of China and a Fellow of the Royal Society. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Davidson Black has received more than 69,032 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Davidson Black is the 132nd most popular archaeologist (down from 129th in 2019), the 507th most popular biography from Canada (up from 603rd in 2019) and the most popular Canadian Archaeologist.

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    Languages Editions (L)

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Among ARCHAEOLOGISTS

Among archaeologists, Davidson Black ranks 132 out of 151. Before him are Robert John Braidwood, Boris Piotrovsky, James Quibell, José Leite de Vasconcelos, Michael D. Coe, and Arthur Surridge Hunt. After him are John M. Allegro, Ivan Borkovský, Grahame Clark, Miroslav Verner, Alexey Okladnikov, and Muhibbe Darga.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1884, Davidson Black ranks 230. Before him are Earl Derr Biggers, James Cruze, Varlam Avanesov, Frithiof Mårtensson, József Rády, and Richard Verderber. After him are Tomás Monje, John James Shepherd, C. H. Dodd, Edward Archibald, Frank Waller, and Alma Gluck. Among people deceased in 1934, Davidson Black ranks 155. Before him are Walther von Dyck, Cass Gilbert, Hélène Boucher, Leonid Sobinov, Arthur Surridge Hunt, and Lou Tellegen. After him are Emiliano González Navero, Andrés Héctor Carvallo, Arthur Schuster, John Brinck, Edgeworth David, and Júlia Lopes de Almeida.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Davidson Black ranks 507 out of 1,622. Before him are Lucille Teasdale-Corti (1929), Barbara Wagner (1938), John Sparrow David Thompson (1845), Jill Hennessy (1968), Robert Benson (1894), and Kenny Wheeler (1930). After him are Megan Follows (1968), Sven Delblanc (1931), Lorne Michaels (1944), Tara Strong (1973), Gaétan Boucher (1958), and Emily VanCamp (1986).

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Among ARCHAEOLOGISTS In Canada

Among archaeologists born in Canada, Davidson Black ranks 1. 

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