ANTHROPOLOGIST

Fei Xiaotong

1910 - 2005

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Fei Xiaotong or Fei Hsiao-tung (November 2, 1910 – April 24, 2005) was a Chinese anthropologist and sociologist. He was a pioneering researcher and professor of sociology and anthropology; he was also noted for his studies in the study of China's ethnic groups as well as a social activist. Starting in the late 1930s, he and his colleagues established Chinese sociology and his works were instrumental in laying a foundation for the development of sociological and anthropological studies in China, as well as in introducing social and cultural phenomena of China to the international community. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Fei Xiaotong has received more than 135,426 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Fei Xiaotong is the 56th most popular anthropologist (down from 55th in 2019), the 841st most popular biography from China (down from 769th in 2019) and the most popular Chinese Anthropologist.

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  • 140k

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  • 50.02

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.73

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.02

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ANTHROPOLOGISTS

Among anthropologists, Fei Xiaotong ranks 56 out of 93. Before him are Alfred Sauvy, Helen Fisher, Bengt Danielsson, Andrey Korotayev, Maurice Godelier, and Ralph Linton. After him are Edmund Leach, Fiona Graham, Melville J. Herskovits, Georges Balandier, Jack Goody, and Arjun Appadurai.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1910, Fei Xiaotong ranks 210. Before him are Gaston Defferre, Anita Page, Peter Pears, Gunnar Thoroddsen, Rodolpho Barteczko, and Marc Lawrence. After him are Jutta Rüdiger, Vivien Thomas, Carlo Ceresoli, Ma Zhongying, Robert Cummings, and Saint Alphonsa. Among people deceased in 2005, Fei Xiaotong ranks 186. Before him are Eduardo Paolozzi, Wee Kim Wee, Mario David, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Dorothy Stang, and Marc Lawrence. After him are Song Renqiong, Maclyn McCarty, Aušra Augustinavičiūtė, Donald Watson, Luther Vandross, and Eugene McCarthy.

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In China

Among people born in China, Fei Xiaotong ranks 841 out of 1,610. Before him are Qian Xuan (1235), Tang Jiaxuan (1938), Tang Enbo (1898), Katherine Paterson (1932), Zhou Fang (730), and Ye Mingchen (1807). After him are Ching Siu-tung (1953), Wang Shu (1963), Ma Zhongying (1910), Yu Zhengsheng (1945), Carina Lau (1965), and Song Renqiong (1909).

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Among ANTHROPOLOGISTS In China

Among anthropologists born in China, Fei Xiaotong ranks 1. 

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