1914 - 2009
Edward Twitchell Hall, Jr. (May 16, 1914 – July 20, 2009) was an American anthropologist and cross-cultural researcher. He is remembered for developing the concept of proxemics and exploring cultural and social cohesion, and describing how people behave and react in different types of culturally defined personal space. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Edward T. Hall has received more than 433,023 page views. Her biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Edward T. Hall is the 17th most popular anthropologist (down from 15th in 2019), the 1,769th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,337th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Anthropologist.
Edward T. Hall is most famous for his work on proxemics, which is the study of how people use space and distance to communicate.
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Among anthropologists, Edward T. Hall ranks 17 out of 69. Before her are Gregory Bateson, Eugène Dubois, Alfred Radcliffe-Brown, E. E. Evans-Pritchard, Knud Rasmussen, and A. L. Kroeber. After her are Mary Douglas, Victor Turner, Mary Leakey, Richard Leakey, Marvin Harris, and Leslie White.
1904 - 1980
HPI: 64.94
Rank: 11
1858 - 1940
HPI: 61.52
Rank: 12
1881 - 1955
HPI: 61.52
Rank: 13
1902 - 1973
HPI: 59.52
Rank: 14
1879 - 1933
HPI: 59.51
Rank: 15
1876 - 1960
HPI: 58.52
Rank: 16
1914 - 2009
HPI: 58.32
Rank: 17
1921 - 2007
HPI: 58.32
Rank: 18
1920 - 1983
HPI: 58.05
Rank: 19
1913 - 1996
HPI: 57.89
Rank: 20
1944 - 2022
HPI: 56.96
Rank: 21
1927 - 2001
HPI: 56.25
Rank: 22
1900 - 1971
HPI: 55.81
Rank: 23
Among people born in 1914, Edward T. Hall ranks 64. Before her are Lilli Palmer, Jan Karski, Unity Mitford, Kurt Franz, Creighton Abrams, and Lina Bo Bardi. After her are Jean-Pierre Vernant, Martin Gardner, Pierre Balmain, Demetrios I of Constantinople, Carlo Maria Giulini, and Archduchess Adelheid of Austria. Among people deceased in 2009, Edward T. Hall ranks 50. Before her are Patrick McGoohan, Mario Benedetti, Albert Barillé, Amin al-Hafiz, Velupillai Prabhakaran, and Ernst Barkmann. After her are Hussein-Ali Montazeri, Kim Peek, Clive Granger, Sverre Fehn, Marek Edelman, and Vyacheslav Tikhonov.
1914 - 1986
HPI: 58.51
Rank: 58
1914 - 2000
HPI: 58.50
Rank: 59
1914 - 1948
HPI: 58.50
Rank: 60
1914 - 1998
HPI: 58.47
Rank: 61
1914 - 1974
HPI: 58.45
Rank: 62
1914 - 1992
HPI: 58.38
Rank: 63
1914 - 2009
HPI: 58.32
Rank: 64
1914 - 2007
HPI: 58.31
Rank: 65
1914 - 2010
HPI: 58.28
Rank: 66
1914 - 1982
HPI: 58.17
Rank: 67
1914 - 1991
HPI: 58.16
Rank: 68
1914 - 2005
HPI: 58.10
Rank: 69
1914 - 1971
HPI: 58.04
Rank: 70
1928 - 2009
HPI: 59.48
Rank: 44
1920 - 2009
HPI: 59.02
Rank: 45
1920 - 2009
HPI: 58.99
Rank: 46
1921 - 2009
HPI: 58.92
Rank: 47
1954 - 2009
HPI: 58.89
Rank: 48
1919 - 2009
HPI: 58.33
Rank: 49
1914 - 2009
HPI: 58.32
Rank: 50
1922 - 2009
HPI: 58.31
Rank: 51
1951 - 2009
HPI: 58.30
Rank: 52
1934 - 2009
HPI: 58.28
Rank: 53
1924 - 2009
HPI: 58.27
Rank: 54
1922 - 2009
HPI: 58.21
Rank: 55
1928 - 2009
HPI: 58.19
Rank: 56
Among people born in United States, Edward T. Hall ranks 1,769 out of 18,182. Before her are Robert Reich (1946), Tex Avery (1908), Loretta Young (1913), Moby (1965), Cab Calloway (1907), and Aaron Eckhart (1968). After her are Leon M. Lederman (1922), Kim Peek (1951), Axl Rose (1962), Steven Chu (1948), Johnny Ramone (1948), and Stevie Ray Vaughan (1954).
1946 - Present
HPI: 58.35
Rank: 1,763
1908 - 1980
HPI: 58.33
Rank: 1,764
1913 - 2000
HPI: 58.33
Rank: 1,765
1965 - Present
HPI: 58.33
Rank: 1,766
1907 - 1994
HPI: 58.33
Rank: 1,767
1968 - Present
HPI: 58.32
Rank: 1,768
1914 - 2009
HPI: 58.32
Rank: 1,769
1922 - 2018
HPI: 58.31
Rank: 1,770
1951 - 2009
HPI: 58.30
Rank: 1,771
1962 - Present
HPI: 58.30
Rank: 1,772
1948 - Present
HPI: 58.30
Rank: 1,773
1948 - 2004
HPI: 58.30
Rank: 1,774
1954 - 1990
HPI: 58.29
Rank: 1,775
Among anthropologists born in United States, Edward T. Hall ranks 6. Before her are Lewis H. Morgan (1818), Margaret Mead (1901), Ruth Benedict (1887), Clifford Geertz (1926), and A. L. Kroeber (1876). After her are Marvin Harris (1927), Leslie White (1900), Marshall Sahlins (1930), Ann Dunham (1942), Henry Fairfield Osborn (1857), and John Lloyd Stephens (1805).
1818 - 1881
HPI: 68.86
Rank: 1
1901 - 1978
HPI: 68.72
Rank: 2
1887 - 1948
HPI: 66.41
Rank: 3
1926 - 2006
HPI: 65.53
Rank: 4
1876 - 1960
HPI: 58.52
Rank: 5
1914 - 2009
HPI: 58.32
Rank: 6
1927 - 2001
HPI: 56.25
Rank: 7
1900 - 1971
HPI: 55.81
Rank: 8
1930 - 2021
HPI: 55.18
Rank: 9
1942 - 1995
HPI: 54.70
Rank: 10
1857 - 1935
HPI: 52.88
Rank: 11
1805 - 1852
HPI: 52.32
Rank: 12