1902 - 1973
Sir Edward Evan Evans-Pritchard FBA FRAI (21 September 1902 – 11 September 1973) was an English anthropologist who was instrumental in the development of social anthropology. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of E. E. Evans-Pritchard has received more than 389,706 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 31 in 2019). E. E. Evans-Pritchard is the 15th most popular anthropologist (up from 16th in 2019), the 957th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 922nd in 2019) and the 6th most popular British Anthropologist.
Evans-Pritchard is most famous for his work in social anthropology. He studied and wrote about the Nuer people of Sudan, the Zande people of Sudan, and the Azande people of Congo. He also studied the Ewe people of Ghana.
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Among anthropologists, E. E. Evans-Pritchard ranks 15 out of 69. Before him are Franz Boas, Paul Broca, Clifford Geertz, Gregory Bateson, Eugène Dubois, and Alfred Radcliffe-Brown. After him are Knud Rasmussen, A. L. Kroeber, Edward T. Hall, Mary Douglas, Victor Turner, and Mary Leakey.
1858 - 1942
HPI: 66.39
Rank: 9
1824 - 1880
HPI: 65.72
Rank: 10
1926 - 2006
HPI: 65.53
Rank: 11
1904 - 1980
HPI: 64.94
Rank: 12
1858 - 1940
HPI: 61.52
Rank: 13
1881 - 1955
HPI: 61.52
Rank: 14
1902 - 1973
HPI: 59.52
Rank: 15
1879 - 1933
HPI: 59.51
Rank: 16
1876 - 1960
HPI: 58.52
Rank: 17
1914 - 2009
HPI: 58.32
Rank: 18
1921 - 2007
HPI: 58.32
Rank: 19
1920 - 1983
HPI: 58.05
Rank: 20
1913 - 1996
HPI: 57.89
Rank: 21
Among people born in 1902, E. E. Evans-Pritchard ranks 52. Before him are Menachem Mendel Schneerson, Lúcio Costa, Max Ophüls, David O. Selznick, George Ostrogorsky, and Carlo Levi. After him are Anatole Litvak, Maximilian, Duke of Hohenberg, Carlo Gambino, Oskar Morgenstern, Mohammad Hatta, and Takeichi Nishi. Among people deceased in 1973, E. E. Evans-Pritchard ranks 55. Before him are Taha Hussein, Emmy Göring, W. H. Auden, Otto Klemperer, Robert Siodmak, and Alan Watts. After him are Leo Strauss, Katina Paxinou, Shirali Muslimov, Karl Löwith, Mikhail Kalatozov, and Veronica Lake.
1902 - 1994
HPI: 60.73
Rank: 46
1902 - 1998
HPI: 60.69
Rank: 47
1902 - 1957
HPI: 60.30
Rank: 48
1902 - 1965
HPI: 60.02
Rank: 49
1902 - 1976
HPI: 59.92
Rank: 50
1902 - 1975
HPI: 59.55
Rank: 51
1902 - 1973
HPI: 59.52
Rank: 52
1902 - 1974
HPI: 59.50
Rank: 53
1902 - 1962
HPI: 59.22
Rank: 54
1902 - 1976
HPI: 58.98
Rank: 55
1902 - 1977
HPI: 58.90
Rank: 56
1902 - 1980
HPI: 58.77
Rank: 57
1902 - 1945
HPI: 58.58
Rank: 58
1889 - 1973
HPI: 61.51
Rank: 49
1893 - 1973
HPI: 61.47
Rank: 50
1907 - 1973
HPI: 60.47
Rank: 51
1885 - 1973
HPI: 60.03
Rank: 52
1900 - 1973
HPI: 60.02
Rank: 53
1915 - 1973
HPI: 59.79
Rank: 54
1902 - 1973
HPI: 59.52
Rank: 55
1899 - 1973
HPI: 59.48
Rank: 56
1900 - 1973
HPI: 59.30
Rank: 57
1805 - 1973
HPI: 59.18
Rank: 58
1897 - 1973
HPI: 58.97
Rank: 59
1903 - 1973
HPI: 58.76
Rank: 60
1922 - 1973
HPI: 58.74
Rank: 61
Among people born in United Kingdom, E. E. Evans-Pritchard ranks 957 out of 7,765. Before him are Michael Palin (1943), Ian McDiarmid (1944), Ron Dennis (1947), Michael Smith (1932), William Bligh (1754), and Adam Ferguson (1723). After him are Keith Emerson (1944), Duncan Edwards (1936), Reginald Pole (1500), Princess Muna al-Hussein (1941), Prince Philippe, Duke of Orléans (1869), and Eugen d'Albert (1864).
1943 - Present
HPI: 59.57
Rank: 951
1944 - Present
HPI: 59.55
Rank: 952
1947 - Present
HPI: 59.55
Rank: 953
1932 - 2000
HPI: 59.55
Rank: 954
1754 - 1817
HPI: 59.54
Rank: 955
1723 - 1816
HPI: 59.54
Rank: 956
1902 - 1973
HPI: 59.52
Rank: 957
1944 - 2016
HPI: 59.52
Rank: 958
1936 - 1958
HPI: 59.51
Rank: 959
1500 - 1558
HPI: 59.50
Rank: 960
1941 - Present
HPI: 59.48
Rank: 961
1869 - 1926
HPI: 59.46
Rank: 962
1864 - 1932
HPI: 59.46
Rank: 963
Among anthropologists born in United Kingdom, E. E. Evans-Pritchard ranks 6. Before him are Edward Burnett Tylor (1832), James George Frazer (1854), Jane Goodall (1934), Gregory Bateson (1904), and Alfred Radcliffe-Brown (1881). After him are Victor Turner (1920), Mary Leakey (1913), Edmund Leach (1910), Ashley Montagu (1905), Hugh Falconer (1808), and Alice Roberts (1973).
1832 - 1917
HPI: 69.65
Rank: 1
1854 - 1941
HPI: 69.50
Rank: 2
1934 - Present
HPI: 68.73
Rank: 3
1904 - 1980
HPI: 64.94
Rank: 4
1881 - 1955
HPI: 61.52
Rank: 5
1902 - 1973
HPI: 59.52
Rank: 6
1920 - 1983
HPI: 58.05
Rank: 7
1913 - 1996
HPI: 57.89
Rank: 8
1910 - 1989
HPI: 49.97
Rank: 9
1905 - 1999
HPI: 46.97
Rank: 10
1808 - 1865
HPI: 42.03
Rank: 11
1973 - Present
HPI: 22.99
Rank: 12