ARCHAEOLOGIST

Ernst Herzfeld

1879 - 1948

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Ernst Emil Herzfeld (23 July 1879 – 20 January 1948) was a German archaeologist and Iranologist. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ernst Herzfeld has received more than 74,231 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Ernst Herzfeld is the 88th most popular archaeologist (down from 72nd in 2019), the 4,236th most popular biography from Germany (down from 3,532nd in 2019) and the 15th most popular German Archaeologist.

Memorability Metrics

  • 74k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 49.44

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.83

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.26

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Ernst Herzfelds by language

Over the past year Ernst Herzfeld has had the most page views in the with 14,995 views, followed by English (9,748), and German (2,405). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Catalan (74.78%), Slovak (33.12%), and Swedish (29.12%)

Among ARCHAEOLOGISTS

Among archaeologists, Ernst Herzfeld ranks 88 out of 151. Before him are Charles Dawson, Ernesto Schiaparelli, Christiane Desroches Noblecourt, J. P. Mallory, Tatiana Proskouriakoff, and Dorothy Garrod. After him are Akurgal, John Evans, Donald Johanson, Edward Robinson, John Marshall, and Jean-François Séguier.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1879, Ernst Herzfeld ranks 158. Before him are Wladimir Aïtoff, Nikolai Vissarionovich Nekrasov, Pierre Cérésole, Henri Jobier, Émile Champion, and Antti Tulenheimo. After him are Laura Hope Crews, Eugène Lanti, Ruth St. Denis, Joseph Avenol, Rafael Erich, and Jean Gilbert. Among people deceased in 1948, Ernst Herzfeld ranks 137. Before him are Elsa Brändström, Siegmund von Hausegger, Mahmoud El Nokrashy Pasha, Jāzeps Vītols, Kathleen Cavendish, Marchioness of Hartington, and Mickey Marcus. After him are Wesley Clair Mitchell, Alfredo Baldomir, Marcel Brillouin, Yevgeniy Abalakov, Abraham Brill, and Alfred Lacroix.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Ernst Herzfeld ranks 4,236 out of 7,253. Before him are Landgravine Charlotte of Hesse-Homburg (1672), Princess Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen (1891), Christian Ziege (1972), Albert Richter (1912), Louise Caroline of Hochberg (1768), and Adolf Urban (1914). After him are Herbert Achternbusch (1938), Franz Delitzsch (1813), Princess Marie of Nassau (1825), Dorothee Sölle (1929), Peter Gay (1923), and Anton-Günther, Duke of Oldenburg (1923).

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Among ARCHAEOLOGISTS In Germany

Among archaeologists born in Germany, Ernst Herzfeld ranks 15. Before him are Ami Boué (1794), Max von Oppenheim (1860), Heinrich Karl Brugsch (1827), Adolf Furtwängler (1853), Halet Çambel (1916), and Johann Andreas Wagner (1797). After him are Hugo Winckler (1863), Rudolf Wagner (1805), Franz Weidenreich (1873), and Klaus Schmidt (1953).

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