ARCHAEOLOGIST

Heinrich Schliemann

1822 - 1890

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Johann Ludwig Heinrich Julius Schliemann (German: [ˈʃliːman]; 6 January 1822 – 26 December 1890) was a German businessman and an influential amateur archaeologist. He was an advocate of the historicity of places mentioned in the works of Homer and an archaeological excavator of Hisarlik, now presumed to be the site of Troy, along with the Mycenaean sites Mycenae and Tiryns. His work lent weight to the idea that Homer's Iliad reflects historical events. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Heinrich Schliemann has received more than 1,373,123 page views. His biography is available in 60 different languages on Wikipedia (down from 61 in 2019). Heinrich Schliemann is the 2nd most popular archaeologist, the 89th most popular biography from Germany (down from 79th in 2019) and the most popular German Archaeologist.

Heinrich Schliemann was a German businessman and amateur archaeologist who was best known for his discovery of Troy in 1873.

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Among ARCHAEOLOGISTS

Among archaeologists, Heinrich Schliemann ranks 2 out of 151. Before him are Jean-François Champollion. After him are Theodor Mommsen, Howard Carter, Den, Arthur Evans, Edward Drinker Cope, Semerkhet, Zahi Hawass, Nynetjer, Marija Gimbutas, and Christian Jürgensen Thomsen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1822, Heinrich Schliemann ranks 4. Before him are Louis Pasteur, Ulysses S. Grant, and Gregor Mendel. After him are Frédéric Passy, Rudolf Clausius, César Franck, Francis Galton, Robert Luther, Rutherford B. Hayes, Prince Napoléon Bonaparte, and Charles Hermite. Among people deceased in 1890, Heinrich Schliemann ranks 2. Before him is Vincent van Gogh. After him are Carlo Collodi, Sitting Bull, Gyula Andrássy, William III of the Netherlands, Amadeo I of Spain, César Franck, Duchess Helene in Bavaria, Joseph Merrick, Henri Nestlé, and Augusta of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Heinrich Schliemann ranks 89 out of 7,253. Before him are Peter III of Russia (1728), Helmut Kohl (1930), William Herschel (1738), Jürgen Habermas (1929), Heinz Guderian (1888), and Gottlieb Daimler (1834). After him are Carl von Clausewitz (1780), Wilhelm Keitel (1882), Nicholas of Cusa (1401), Joachim von Ribbentrop (1893), Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor (1050), and Theodor Mommsen (1817).

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Among ARCHAEOLOGISTS In Germany

Among archaeologists born in Germany, Heinrich Schliemann ranks 1. After him are Theodor Mommsen (1817), Johann Friedrich Blumenbach (1752), Karl Richard Lepsius (1810), Leo Frobenius (1873), Isdal Woman (1940), Wilhelm Dörpfeld (1853), Ernst Curtius (1814), Ami Boué (1794), Max von Oppenheim (1860), Heinrich Karl Brugsch (1827), and Adolf Furtwängler (1853).

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