ARCHAEOLOGIST

Edward Robinson

1794 - 1863

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Edward Robinson (April 10, 1794 – January 27, 1863) was an American biblical scholar known for his magnum opus, Biblical Researches in Palestine, the first major work in biblical geography and biblical archaeology, which earned him the epithets "Father of Biblical Geography" and "Founder of Modern Palestinology." He studied in the United States and Germany, centers of biblical scholarship and exploration of the Bible as history. He translated scriptural works from classical languages as well as German translations. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Edward Robinson has received more than 18,893 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Edward Robinson is the 92nd most popular archaeologist (down from 62nd in 2019), the 6,141st most popular biography from United States (down from 4,357th in 2019) and the 10th most popular American Archaeologist.

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Among ARCHAEOLOGISTS

Among archaeologists, Edward Robinson ranks 92 out of 151. Before him are Tatiana Proskouriakoff, Dorothy Garrod, Ernst Herzfeld, Akurgal, John Evans, and Donald Johanson. After him are John Marshall, Jean-François Séguier, Massimo Pallottino, Zsófia Torma, John O. Westwood, and James Mellaart.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1794, Edward Robinson ranks 53. Before him are Antoine Bussy, Gabriel Antonio Pereira, Leopold Zunz, John Biscoe, Carl Joseph Begas, and Prince Frederick of Prussia. After him are Christian Albrecht Bluhme, Jeanne Villepreux-Power, Karl Julius Perleb, Edward Everett, Mizuno Tadakuni, and Umihana Čuvidina. Among people deceased in 1863, Edward Robinson ranks 41. Before him are Giuseppe Gioachino Belli, Alexander Karl, Duke of Anhalt-Bernburg, Salomon Müller, James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin, August Beer, and Prince Frederick of Prussia. After him are Johann Wilhelm Schirmer, Josephine Kablick, Andrei Mureșanu, Alfred Moquin-Tandon, John F. Reynolds, and Little Crow.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Edward Robinson ranks 6,141 out of 20,380. Before him are Sonny Boy Williamson II (1912), Alexander Mackendrick (1912), Lou Costello (1906), Shawn Crahan (1969), Kirsten Vangsness (1972), and Roy Haynes (1925). After him are Doug McClure (1935), Bill Johnston (1894), Liao Zhongkai (1877), Norris Bradbury (1909), Neal McDonough (1966), and Talisa Soto (1967).

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Among ARCHAEOLOGISTS In United States

Among archaeologists born in United States, Edward Robinson ranks 10. Before him are Robert Ballard (1942), James Henry Breasted (1865), Charles W. Gilmore (1874), Sylvanus Morley (1883), J. P. Mallory (1945), and Donald Johanson (1943). After him are Lewis Binford (1932), Robert T. Bakker (1945), Carl Blegen (1887), Stith Thompson (1885), Robert John Braidwood (1907), and Michael D. Coe (1929).

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