ARCHAEOLOGIST

George Smith

1840 - 1876

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George Smith (26 March 1840 – 19 August 1876) was a pioneering English Assyriologist who first discovered and translated the Epic of Gilgamesh, one of the oldest-known written works of literature. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of George Smith has received more than 60,593 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia. George Smith is the 36th most popular archaeologist (up from 41st in 2019), the 1,489th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 1,575th in 2019) and the 5th most popular British Archaeologist.

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  • 56.37

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.34

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.51

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ARCHAEOLOGISTS

Among archaeologists, George Smith ranks 36 out of 151. Before him are Othniel Charles Marsh, Isdal Woman, Robert Ballard, Wilhelm Dörpfeld, Hat Hor, and André Leroi-Gourhan. After him are Jacques Boucher de Crèvecœur de Perthes, John Lubbock, 1st Baron Avebury, Gustaf Kossinna, Meritites I, Neferkare Tereru, and Leonard Woolley.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1840, George Smith ranks 37. Before him are Johan Svendsen, Namık Kemal, William, Prince of Orange, Manuel de Arriaga, Emin Pasha, and Marie Bracquemond. After him are Nathan Rothschild, 1st Baron Rothschild, Shibusawa Eiichi, José Manuel Balmaceda, Akaki Tsereteli, Thomas Nast, and Edmond Audran. Among people deceased in 1876, George Smith ranks 28. Before him are Wild Bill Hickok, Juan Pablo Duarte, Philipp Mainländer, Duchess Caroline Mariane of Mecklenburg, Infanta Isabel Maria of Braganza, and Eugène Fromentin. After him are Friedrich Christian Diez, Friedrich von Berchtold, Adolphe-Théodore Brongniart, Joseph Jenkins Roberts, Louise Colet, and Giacomo Antonelli.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, George Smith ranks 1,489 out of 8,785. Before him are Vince Clarke (1960), Sam Mendes (1965), Arthur Rackham (1867), Arthur Phillip (1738), Jeff Lynne (1947), and Vera Lynn (1917). After him are Roger Byrne (1929), John Henry Poynting (1852), Henry Pelham (1694), John Bagot Glubb (1897), Emily Watson (1967), and Maggie Reilly (1956).

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Among ARCHAEOLOGISTS In United Kingdom

Among archaeologists born in United Kingdom, George Smith ranks 5. Before him are Howard Carter (1874), Arthur Evans (1851), George Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon (1866), and Flinders Petrie (1853). After him are John Lubbock, 1st Baron Avebury (1834), Leonard Woolley (1880), Max Mallowan (1904), Colin Renfrew (1937), Robert Broom (1866), Alan Gardiner (1879), and Kathleen Kenyon (1906).

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