1858 - 1942
Franz Uri Boas (July 9, 1858 – December 21, 1942) was a German-born American anthropologist and a pioneer of modern anthropology who has been called the "Father of American Anthropology". His work is associated with the movements known as historical particularism and cultural relativism.Studying in Germany, Boas was awarded a doctorate in 1881 in physics while also studying geography. He then participated in a geographical expedition to northern Canada, where he became fascinated with the culture and language of the Baffin Island Inuit. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Franz Boas has received more than 1,255,085 page views. His biography is available in 55 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 54 in 2019). Franz Boas is the 5th most popular anthropologist (up from 6th in 2019), the 331st most popular biography from Germany (up from 368th in 2019) and the most popular German Anthropologist.
Franz Boas was a German-American anthropologist who is most famous for his work in the field of cultural anthropology. He is best known for his work in the study of Native American cultures, and he is often credited with being the father of American anthropology.
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Among anthropologists, Franz Boas ranks 5 out of 69. Before him are Bronisław Malinowski, James George Frazer, Edward Burnett Tylor, and Margaret Mead. After him are Jane Goodall, Clifford Geertz, Lewis H. Morgan, Ruth Benedict, Paul Broca, Gregory Bateson, and Alfred Radcliffe-Brown.
1884 - 1942
HPI: 78.42
Rank: 1
1854 - 1941
HPI: 77.29
Rank: 2
1832 - 1917
HPI: 76.93
Rank: 3
1901 - 1978
HPI: 75.75
Rank: 4
1858 - 1942
HPI: 75.74
Rank: 5
1934 - Present
HPI: 75.70
Rank: 6
1926 - 2006
HPI: 74.07
Rank: 7
1818 - 1881
HPI: 73.98
Rank: 8
1887 - 1948
HPI: 73.78
Rank: 9
1824 - 1880
HPI: 73.74
Rank: 10
1904 - 1980
HPI: 73.18
Rank: 11
1881 - 1955
HPI: 70.98
Rank: 12
Among people born in 1858, Franz Boas ranks 11. Before him are Rudolf Diesel, Theodore Roosevelt, Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria, Georg Simmel, Gustaf V of Sweden, and Emmeline Pankhurst. After him are Omar Mukhtar, Giuseppe Peano, Eliezer Ben-Yehuda, Christiaan Eijkman, Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein, and Charles de Foucauld. Among people deceased in 1942, Franz Boas ranks 13. Before him are Robert Musil, José Raúl Capablanca, William G. Morgan, Anton Drexler, Jean Baptiste Perrin, and Robert Bosch. After him are William Henry Bragg, Walther von Reichenau, Fritz Todt, Richard Willstätter, Sabina Spielrein, and Hans-Joachim Marseille.
1858 - 1913
HPI: 82.52
Rank: 5
1858 - 1919
HPI: 82.10
Rank: 6
1858 - 1889
HPI: 80.62
Rank: 7
1858 - 1918
HPI: 79.58
Rank: 8
1858 - 1950
HPI: 79.55
Rank: 9
1858 - 1928
HPI: 76.23
Rank: 10
1858 - 1942
HPI: 75.74
Rank: 11
1858 - 1931
HPI: 75.62
Rank: 12
1858 - 1932
HPI: 74.98
Rank: 13
1858 - 1922
HPI: 74.69
Rank: 14
1858 - 1930
HPI: 74.02
Rank: 15
1858 - 1921
HPI: 73.82
Rank: 16
1858 - 1916
HPI: 73.11
Rank: 17
1880 - 1942
HPI: 78.30
Rank: 7
1888 - 1942
HPI: 76.72
Rank: 8
1870 - 1942
HPI: 76.56
Rank: 9
1884 - 1942
HPI: 76.53
Rank: 10
1870 - 1942
HPI: 76.25
Rank: 11
1861 - 1942
HPI: 75.82
Rank: 12
1858 - 1942
HPI: 75.74
Rank: 13
1862 - 1942
HPI: 75.19
Rank: 14
1884 - 1942
HPI: 75.11
Rank: 15
1891 - 1942
HPI: 74.25
Rank: 16
1872 - 1942
HPI: 74.11
Rank: 17
1885 - 1942
HPI: 73.61
Rank: 18
1919 - 1942
HPI: 73.12
Rank: 19
Among people born in Germany, Franz Boas ranks 331 out of 5,289. Before him are Gustav Stresemann (1878), Rudolf Carnap (1891), Simone Signoret (1921), Sepp Maier (1944), James Franck (1882), and Thomas à Kempis (1380). After him are Frederick III, Elector of Saxony (1463), August Ferdinand Möbius (1790), Karl Friedrich Schinkel (1781), Friedrich Bessel (1784), Ferdinand Schörner (1892), and Helmut Schmidt (1918).
1878 - 1929
HPI: 75.80
Rank: 325
1891 - 1970
HPI: 75.79
Rank: 326
1921 - 1985
HPI: 75.78
Rank: 327
1944 - Present
HPI: 75.78
Rank: 328
1882 - 1964
HPI: 75.77
Rank: 329
1380 - 1471
HPI: 75.76
Rank: 330
1858 - 1942
HPI: 75.74
Rank: 331
1463 - 1525
HPI: 75.74
Rank: 332
1790 - 1868
HPI: 75.73
Rank: 333
1781 - 1841
HPI: 75.67
Rank: 334
1784 - 1846
HPI: 75.67
Rank: 335
1892 - 1973
HPI: 75.66
Rank: 336
1918 - 2015
HPI: 75.62
Rank: 337
Among anthropologists born in Germany, Franz Boas ranks 1. After him are Wilhelm Schmidt (1868), Fredrik Barth (1928), Birutė Galdikas (1946), Johann Carl Fuhlrott (1803), and Adolf Bernhard Meyer (1840).
1858 - 1942
HPI: 75.74
Rank: 1
1868 - 1954
HPI: 65.25
Rank: 2
1928 - 2016
HPI: 64.34
Rank: 3
1946 - Present
HPI: 61.81
Rank: 4
1803 - 1877
HPI: 61.25
Rank: 5
1840 - 1911
HPI: 57.44
Rank: 6