1832 - 1917
Sir Edward Burnett Tylor (2 October 1832 – 2 January 1917) was an English anthropologist, and professor of anthropology.Tylor's ideas typify 19th-century cultural evolutionism. In his works Primitive Culture (1871) and Anthropology (1881), he defined the context of the scientific study of anthropology, based on the evolutionary theories of Charles Lyell. He believed that there was a functional basis for the development of society and religion, which he determined was universal. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Edward Burnett Tylor has received more than 876,821 page views. His biography is available in 47 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 46 in 2019). Edward Burnett Tylor is the 3rd most popular anthropologist, the 238th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 232nd in 2019) and the most popular British Anthropologist.
Edward Burnet Tylor is most famous for his theory of animism, which is the belief that all objects and animals have souls.
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Among anthropologists, Edward Burnett Tylor ranks 3 out of 69. Before him are Claude Lévi-Strauss and Bronisław Malinowski. After him are James George Frazer, Lewis H. Morgan, Jane Goodall, Margaret Mead, Ruth Benedict, Franz Boas, Paul Broca, Clifford Geertz, and Gregory Bateson.
1908 - 2009
HPI: 75.47
Rank: 1
1884 - 1942
HPI: 71.55
Rank: 2
1832 - 1917
HPI: 69.65
Rank: 3
1854 - 1941
HPI: 69.50
Rank: 4
1818 - 1881
HPI: 68.86
Rank: 5
1934 - Present
HPI: 68.73
Rank: 6
1901 - 1978
HPI: 68.72
Rank: 7
1887 - 1948
HPI: 66.41
Rank: 8
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
Among people born in 1832, Edward Burnett Tylor ranks 8. Before him are Gustave Eiffel, Wilhelm Wundt, Lewis Carroll, Nikolaus Otto, Maximilian I of Mexico, and Gustave Doré. After him are William Crookes, Louisa May Alcott, Ivan Shishkin, Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld, José Echegaray, and George, King of Saxony. Among people deceased in 1917, Edward Burnett Tylor ranks 10. Before him are Edgar Degas, Mata Hari, L. L. Zamenhof, Ferdinand von Zeppelin, Eduard Buchner, and Adolf von Baeyer. After him are Emil von Behring, Buffalo Bill, Emil Theodor Kocher, John William Waterhouse, Franz Brentano, and Scott Joplin.
1832 - 1923
HPI: 78.75
Rank: 2
1832 - 1920
HPI: 77.34
Rank: 3
1832 - 1898
HPI: 77.31
Rank: 4
1832 - 1891
HPI: 74.92
Rank: 5
1832 - 1867
HPI: 74.45
Rank: 6
1832 - 1883
HPI: 73.35
Rank: 7
1832 - 1917
HPI: 69.65
Rank: 8
1832 - 1919
HPI: 67.56
Rank: 9
1832 - 1888
HPI: 67.45
Rank: 10
1832 - 1898
HPI: 65.58
Rank: 11
1832 - 1901
HPI: 65.20
Rank: 12
1832 - 1916
HPI: 64.02
Rank: 13
1832 - 1904
HPI: 63.64
Rank: 14
1834 - 1917
HPI: 79.06
Rank: 4
1876 - 1917
HPI: 77.20
Rank: 5
1859 - 1917
HPI: 76.38
Rank: 6
1838 - 1917
HPI: 71.21
Rank: 7
1860 - 1917
HPI: 70.20
Rank: 8
1835 - 1917
HPI: 69.87
Rank: 9
1832 - 1917
HPI: 69.65
Rank: 10
1854 - 1917
HPI: 69.30
Rank: 11
1846 - 1917
HPI: 69.02
Rank: 12
1841 - 1917
HPI: 66.80
Rank: 13
1849 - 1917
HPI: 66.03
Rank: 14
1838 - 1917
HPI: 65.76
Rank: 15
1868 - 1917
HPI: 64.34
Rank: 16
Among people born in United Kingdom, Edward Burnett Tylor ranks 238 out of 7,765. Before him are Benjamin Disraeli (1804), Lady Jane Grey (1537), Peter O'Toole (1932), Lemmy (1945), Roger Penrose (1931), and Harold Wilson (1916). After him are William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin (1824), John William Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh (1842), John Law (1671), Ken Loach (1936), Alexander Selkirk (1676), and Clement Attlee (1883).
1804 - 1881
HPI: 69.83
Rank: 232
1537 - 1554
HPI: 69.82
Rank: 233
1932 - 2013
HPI: 69.82
Rank: 234
1945 - 2015
HPI: 69.76
Rank: 235
1931 - Present
HPI: 69.71
Rank: 236
1916 - 1995
HPI: 69.66
Rank: 237
1832 - 1917
HPI: 69.65
Rank: 238
1824 - 1907
HPI: 69.64
Rank: 239
1842 - 1919
HPI: 69.62
Rank: 240
1671 - 1729
HPI: 69.62
Rank: 241
1936 - Present
HPI: 69.54
Rank: 242
1676 - 1721
HPI: 69.52
Rank: 243
1883 - 1967
HPI: 69.51
Rank: 244
Among anthropologists born in United Kingdom, Edward Burnett Tylor ranks 1. After him are James George Frazer (1854), Jane Goodall (1934), Gregory Bateson (1904), Alfred Radcliffe-Brown (1881), E. E. Evans-Pritchard (1902), 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