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ANTHROPOLOGIST

George Murdock

1897 - 1985

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George Peter ("Pete") Murdock (May 11, 1897 – March 29, 1985), also known as G. P. Murdock, was an American anthropologist who was professor at Yale University and University of Pittsburgh. He is remembered for his empirical approach to ethnological studies and his study of family and kinship structures across differing cultures. His 1967 Ethnographic Atlas dataset on more than 1,200 pre-industrial societies is influential and frequently used in social science research. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of George Murdock has received more than 176,920 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). George Murdock is the 58th most popular anthropologist (down from 50th in 2019), the 5,185th most popular biography from United States (down from 5,152nd in 2019) and the 17th most popular American Anthropologist.

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  • 19

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  • 4.46

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  • 2.40

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Among ANTHROPOLOGISTS

Among anthropologists, George Murdock ranks 58 out of 69. Before him are Bengt Danielsson, Andrey Korotayev, Aleš Hrdlička, Michael Harner, Fei Xiaotong, and Melville J. Herskovits. After him are Madison Grant, Helen Fisher, Johann Carl Fuhlrott, Raymond Firth, Arjun Appadurai, and Georges Balandier.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1897, George Murdock ranks 187. Before him are Jimmie Rodgers, Moe Howard, Higinio Morínigo, Fletcher Henderson, Harald Sæverud, and Ardito Desio. After him are Janaki Ammal, Zhou Fohai, Johannes Winkler, Lya Mara, Edgard Colle, and Nikolai Gikalo. Among people deceased in 1985, George Murdock ranks 132. Before him are Alexander Mikulin, Viorica Ursuleac, Penn Nouth, Henry Hansen, Laura Ashley, and Gerhard Stöck. After him are Samantha Smith, Francesca Bertini, Taylor Caldwell, Aksel Airo, Arkady Fiedler, and Seewoosagur Ramgoolam.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, George Murdock ranks 5,185 out of 18,182. Before him are Linda Cardellini (1975), William D. Coolidge (1873), Ralph Kirkpatrick (1911), Willard Scott (1934), Ron Woodroof (1950), and Rita Coolidge (1945). After him are Scott Columbus (1956), Antoine Fuqua (1966), Charles Kittel (1916), Jack Northrop (1895), Carl Scarborough (1914), and Edward O. Thorp (1932).

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Among ANTHROPOLOGISTS In United States

Among anthropologists born in United States, George Murdock ranks 17. Before him are Henry Fairfield Osborn (1857), John Lloyd Stephens (1805), Ralph Linton (1893), David Graeber (1961), Michael Harner (1929), and Melville J. Herskovits (1895). After him are Madison Grant (1865), Helen Fisher (1945), Gayle Rubin (1949), Carleton S. Coon (1904), Napoleon Chagnon (1938), and Edwin H. Colbert (1905).

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