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ARCHAEOLOGIST

Giuseppe Tucci

1894 - 1984

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Giuseppe Tucci (Italian pronunciation: [dʒuˈzɛppe ˈtuttʃi]; 5 June 1894 – 5 April 1984) was an Italian orientalist, Indologist and scholar of East Asian studies, specializing in Tibetan culture and the history of Buddhism. During its zenith, Tucci was a supporter of Italian fascism, and he used idealized portrayals of Asian traditions to support Italian ideological campaigns. Tucci was fluent in several European languages, Sanskrit, Bengali, Pali, Prakrit, Chinese and Tibetan and he taught at the University of Rome La Sapienza until his death. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Giuseppe Tucci has received more than 101,594 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Giuseppe Tucci is the 70th most popular archaeologist (down from 61st in 2019), the 2,957th most popular biography from Italy (down from 2,749th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Italian Archaeologist.

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Among ARCHAEOLOGISTS

Among archaeologists, Giuseppe Tucci ranks 70 out of 104. Before him are William F. Albright, Victor Loret, Heinrich Karl Brugsch, José Bonaparte, Florentino Ameghino, and Kathleen Kenyon. After him are E. A. Wallis Budge, Ernst Herzfeld, Johan David Åkerblad, Donald Johanson, François Bordes, and Rudolf Wagner.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1894, Giuseppe Tucci ranks 156. Before him are Bertha Lutz, Semyon Bogdanov, Norma Talmadge, Alexander P. de Seversky, Goro Yamada, and Johan Wilhelm Rangell. After him are Willem Schermerhorn, Viorica Ursuleac, James Thurber, Robert Menzies, Walter Piston, and Oskar Maria Graf. Among people deceased in 1984, Giuseppe Tucci ranks 130. Before him are Gaëtan Dugas, John Marley, Niyazi, Louis Réard, Lola Anglada, and Arkhip Lyulka. After him are Campanal I, Matías González, Helge Løvland, Sam Jaffe, Kenneth Arnold, and Flora Robson.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Giuseppe Tucci ranks 2,957 out of 4,668. Before him are Bruno Bozzetto (1938), Cristina Trivulzio Belgiojoso (1808), Nicolò Donato (1539), Francesco Zuccarelli (1702), Vincenzo Carafa (1594), and Caterina Volpicelli (1839). After him are Sergio Martino (1938), Gioacchino Colombo (1903), Nicola Piovani (1946), Carlo Ubbiali (1929), Luis Trenker (1892), and Galeria Fundana (null).

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Among ARCHAEOLOGISTS In Italy

Among archaeologists born in Italy, Giuseppe Tucci ranks 5. Before him are Ciriaco de' Pizzicolli (1391), Paul-Émile Botta (1802), Giuseppe Fiorelli (1823), and Florentino Ameghino (1853). After him are Massimo Pallottino (1909).

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