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ARCHAEOLOGIST

Jacques Boucher de Crèvecœur de Perthes

1788 - 1868

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Jacques Boucher de Crèvecœur de Perthes (French pronunciation: [ʒak buʃe d(ə) kʁɛvkœʁ də pɛʁt]; 10 September 1788 – 5 August 1868), sometimes referred to as Boucher de Perthes (British English: BOO-shay də PAIRT), was a French archaeologist and antiquary notable for his discovery, in about 1830, of flint tools in the gravels of the Somme valley. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jacques Boucher de Crèvecœur de Perthes has received more than 53,774 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Jacques Boucher de Crèvecœur de Perthes is the 49th most popular archaeologist (down from 38th in 2019), the 2,789th most popular biography from France (down from 2,614th in 2019) and the 7th most popular French Archaeologist.

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Among ARCHAEOLOGISTS

Among archaeologists, Jacques Boucher de Crèvecœur de Perthes ranks 49 out of 104. Before him are Hat Hor, Paul-Émile Botta, James Henry Breasted, Alan Gardiner, Marcelino Sanz de Sautuola, and Gustaf Kossinna. After him are Louis Laurent Gabriel de Mortillet, Isdal Woman, Colin Renfrew, Hormuzd Rassam, Peter Wilhelm Lund, and Spyridon Marinatos.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1788, Jacques Boucher de Crèvecœur de Perthes ranks 30. Before him are Felice Romani, Friedrich Rückert, Pierre Joseph Pelletier, FitzRoy Somerset, 1st Baron Raglan, Duke Eugen of Württemberg, and Jean-Pierre Abel-Rémusat. After him are Carl Sigismund Kunth, Mohammed bin Thani, Simon Sechter, Juraj Haulik, Rafael Urdaneta, and Tomás de Zumalacárregui. Among people deceased in 1868, Jacques Boucher de Crèvecœur de Perthes ranks 28. Before him are Joseph, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg, Rasoherina, Nakano Takeko, Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius, Carlo Matteucci, and Venancio Flores. After him are Bhanubhakta Acharya, Kit Carson, Ferenc Gyulay, Wilhelm Griesinger, Claude Pouillet, and Peter Julian Eymard.

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In France

Among people born in France, Jacques Boucher de Crèvecœur de Perthes ranks 2,789 out of 6,011. Before him are Adrien Maurice de Noailles (1678), Antoine Forqueray (1671), Gustave Kahn (1859), Sami Frey (1937), Anne Jules de Noailles (1650), and Pierre Wantzel (1814). After him are Louis de Beaufront (1855), Alexandre Deschapelles (1780), Maurizio Galbaio (800), Mirra Alfassa (1878), Auguste Vaillant (1861), and Robert Casadesus (1899).

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Among ARCHAEOLOGISTS In France

Among archaeologists born in France, Jacques Boucher de Crèvecœur de Perthes ranks 7. Before him are Jean-François Champollion (1790), Austen Henry Layard (1817), Alcide d'Orbigny (1802), Paul Pelliot (1878), André Leroi-Gourhan (1911), and Henri Breuil (1877). After him are Louis Laurent Gabriel de Mortillet (1821), Christiane Desroches Noblecourt (1913), Victor Loret (1859), François Bordes (1919), André Parrot (1901), and Paul Rivet (1876).

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