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ARCHAEOLOGIST

Grafton Elliot Smith

1871 - 1937

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Sir Grafton Elliot Smith (15 August 1871 – 1 January 1937) was an Australian-British anatomist, Egyptologist and a proponent of the hyperdiffusionist view of prehistory. He believed in the idea that cultural innovations occur only once and that they spread geographically. Based on this, he traced the origins of many cultural and traditional practices across the world, including the New World, to ideas that he believed came from Egypt and in some instances from Asia. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Grafton Elliot Smith has received more than 116,242 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Grafton Elliot Smith is the 116th most popular archaeologist (down from 98th in 2019), the 234th most popular biography from Australia (up from 269th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Australian Archaeologist.

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Among ARCHAEOLOGISTS

Among archaeologists, Grafton Elliot Smith ranks 116 out of 104. Before him are Zsófia Torma, Julio C. Tello, Karel Absolon, Muhibbe Darga, John M. Allegro, and Meave Leakey. After him are Boris Piotrovsky, Colin Groves, Ian Hodder, Mortimer Wheeler, Stith Thompson, and Klaus Schmidt.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1871, Grafton Elliot Smith ranks 137. Before him are Oliver Campbell, Nikodem Caro, Johan Anker, Joe Roberts, Max Bodenstein, and Richard Gunn. After him are John Sloan, Wilfred Lucas, Frantz Reichel, Joaquín Chapaprieta, Louis Perrée, and Winston Churchill. Among people deceased in 1937, Grafton Elliot Smith ranks 149. Before him are William Gillette, Nygmet Nurmakov, Gyula Juhász, Harry Vardon, Cécile Tormay, and Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati. After him are Jorge de Paiva, Howie Morenz, Marie Prevost, Ruth Roland, John T. Dillon, and Magnús Guðmundsson.

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In Australia

Among people born in Australia, Grafton Elliot Smith ranks 234 out of 925. Before him are Peta Wilson (1970), Simmone Jade Mackinnon (1973), Simone Young (1961), Snub Pollard (1889), Lenka (1978), and Mary MacKillop (1842). After him are Michael Jeffery (1937), Frank Sedgman (1927), Cadel Evans (1977), Beryl Penrose (1930), Frank Hurley (1885), and Lleyton Hewitt (1981).

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Among ARCHAEOLOGISTS In Australia

Among archaeologists born in Australia, Grafton Elliot Smith ranks 2. Before him are V. Gordon Childe (1892).

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