ARCHAEOLOGIST

François Bordes

1919 - 1981

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François Bordes (December 30, 1919 – April 30, 1981), also known by the pen name of Francis Carsac, was a French scientist, geologist, archaeologist, and science fiction writer. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of François Bordes has received more than 38,292 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). François Bordes is the 70th most popular archaeologist (up from 75th in 2019), the 3,667th most popular biography from France (down from 3,642nd in 2019) and the 13th most popular French Archaeologist.

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Among ARCHAEOLOGISTS

Among archaeologists, François Bordes ranks 70 out of 151Before him are Jacques-Joseph Champollion-Figeac, André Parrot, Giuseppe Tucci, José Bonaparte, Pierre Montet, and Peter Wilhelm Lund. After him are Joseph Orbeli, Florentino Ameghino, Sven Nilsson, William F. Albright, Dragutin Gorjanović-Kramberger, and Sylvanus Morley.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1919, François Bordes ranks 178Before him are John Ljunggren, George Shearing, Hans Hass, Gayatri Devi, Arthur Cronquist, and Gert Fredriksson. After him are Gilles Andriamahazo, Ivan Sidorenko, Benny Moré, Mustai Karim, Trần Văn Trà, and Anita O'Day. Among people deceased in 1981, François Bordes ranks 127Before him are Arthur O'Connell, Terry Fox, Paco Bienzobas, T. H. Marshall, Jack Albertson, and Robert Montgomery. After him are Allan Dwan, Grunya Sukhareva, Philippe Étancelin, Ivan Galamian, Karl-Jesko von Puttkamer, and Rosa Ponselle.

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In France

Among people born in France, François Bordes ranks 3,667 out of 6,770Before him are Guillaume Musso (1974), Claude Dauphin (1903), Pierre Montet (1885), Maurice Bourgès-Maunoury (1914), François Isaac de Rivaz (1752), and Louis James Alfred Lefébure-Wély (1817). After him are Theo Hernandez (1997), Noël Édouard, vicomte de Curières de Castelnau (1851), Guy Ropartz (1864), Claude Fleury (1640), Gaston Rébuffat (1921), and Charles Duclerc (1812).

Among ARCHAEOLOGISTS In France

Among archaeologists born in France, François Bordes ranks 13Before him are Henri Breuil (1877), Louis Laurent Gabriel de Mortillet (1821), Victor Loret (1859), Jacques-Joseph Champollion-Figeac (1778), André Parrot (1901), and Pierre Montet (1885). After him are Christiane Desroches Noblecourt (1913), Jean-François Séguier (1703), Paul Rivet (1876), and Désiré Charnay (1828).