ANTHROPOLOGIST

Henry Fairfield Osborn

1857 - 1935

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Henry Fairfield Osborn, Sr. (August 8, 1857 – November 6, 1935) was an American paleontologist, geologist and eugenics advocate. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Henry Fairfield Osborn has received more than 290,297 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Henry Fairfield Osborn is the 35th most popular anthropologist, the 3,284th most popular biography from United States (up from 3,426th in 2019) and the 10th most popular American Anthropologist.

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Among ANTHROPOLOGISTS

Among anthropologists, Henry Fairfield Osborn ranks 35 out of 93. Before him are Raymond Dart, Pierre Clastres, Wilhelm Schmidt, Mikhail Mikhaylovich Gerasimov, Richard Leakey, and Franco Basaglia. After him are Marcel Griaule, Jean Malaurie, David Graeber, Paolo Mantegazza, Samuel Thomas von Sömmerring, and Aleš Hrdlička.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1857, Henry Fairfield Osborn ranks 69. Before him are Fergus Suter, Christiaan Snouck Hurgronje, Émile Cohl, Oskar von Hutier, Julius Popper, and Hermann Sudermann. After him are Simon Hollósy, Léon Charles Thévenin, Abdurreshid Ibrahim, Arthur Arz von Straußenburg, Princess Elisabeth of Anhalt, and Wilhelm Kienzl. Among people deceased in 1935, Henry Fairfield Osborn ranks 66. Before him are James Henry Breasted, Aleksandër Moisiu, Otto Schott, Princess Maria Theresa of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg, René Crevel, and Zequinha de Abreu. After him are Erich von Hornbostel, John Jellicoe, 1st Earl Jellicoe, Henri Pélissier, Archduke Leopold Ferdinand of Austria, Arthur Arz von Straußenburg, and Qu Qiubai.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Henry Fairfield Osborn ranks 3,284 out of 20,380. Before him are Thomas A. Hendricks (1819), Cherry Jones (1956), Josh Holloway (1969), Cynthia Rothrock (1957), Edgar Lee Masters (1868), and Mel Blanc (1908). After him are Bill Cobbs (1934), Lizzo (1988), David Lee Roth (1954), Jim Thompson (1906), Joe Don Baker (1936), and Trini Lopez (1937).

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Among ANTHROPOLOGISTS In United States

Among anthropologists born in United States, Henry Fairfield Osborn ranks 10. Before him are Clifford Geertz (1926), Edward T. Hall (1914), Marshall Sahlins (1930), A. L. Kroeber (1876), Ann Dunham (1942), and Marvin Harris (1927). After him are David Graeber (1961), John Lloyd Stephens (1805), Helen Fisher (1945), Ralph Linton (1893), Melville J. Herskovits (1895), and George Murdock (1897).

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