ANTHROPOLOGIST

Jacques de Morgan

1857 - 1924

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Jean-Jacques de Morgan (3 June 1857 – 14 June 1924) was a French mining engineer, geologist, and archaeologist. He was the director of antiquities in Egypt during the 19th century, and excavated in Memphis and Dahshur, providing many drawings of many Egyptian pyramids. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jacques de Morgan has received more than 69,771 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia. Jacques de Morgan is the 26th most popular anthropologist (up from 29th in 2019), the 2,299th most popular biography from France (down from 2,240th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular French Anthropologist.

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Among ANTHROPOLOGISTS

Among anthropologists, Jacques de Morgan ranks 26 out of 93. Before him are Marc Augé, Victor Turner, Cheikh Anta Diop, Marshall Sahlins, A. L. Kroeber, and Ann Dunham. After him are Fredrik Barth, Marvin Harris, Raymond Dart, Pierre Clastres, Wilhelm Schmidt, and Mikhail Mikhaylovich Gerasimov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1857, Jacques de Morgan ranks 56. Before him are Theodor Kittelsen, Williamina Fleming, Cyril Genik, Juan Vicente Gómez, Princess Marie of Waldeck and Pyrmont, and Şehzade Yusuf Izzeddin. After him are A. E. Waite, Herman Bang, Gotō Shinpei, Duke John Albert of Mecklenburg, Alfred Loisy, and Luigi Illica. Among people deceased in 1924, Jacques de Morgan ranks 44. Before him are Roland Bonaparte, Franz von Bayros, Helge von Koch, Valery Bryusov, Princess Isabella of Bavaria, and Zeynalabdin Taghiyev. After him are Joseph Henry Blackburne, Dimitar Blagoev, Eugenius Warming, Emile Claus, Duke Peter Alexandrovich of Oldenburg, and E. Nesbit.

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In France

Among people born in France, Jacques de Morgan ranks 2,299 out of 6,770. Before him are Catherine Henriette de Balzac d'Entragues (1579), Éleuthère Irénée du Pont (1771), Charles de Lannoy, 1st Prince of Sulmona (1487), Maurice René Fréchet (1878), Alain Robert (1962), and Jean Metzinger (1883). After him are Guillaume-Antoine Olivier (1756), Julien Benda (1867), Pierre de Castelnau (1170), Christian-Jaque (1904), Ginette Neveu (1919), and Claude Alexandre de Bonneval (1675).

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Among ANTHROPOLOGISTS In France

Among anthropologists born in France, Jacques de Morgan ranks 3. Before him are Paul Broca (1824), and Marc Augé (1935). After him are Pierre Clastres (1934), Marcel Griaule (1898), Georges Vacher de Lapouge (1854), Alfred Sauvy (1898), Maurice Godelier (1934), Georges Balandier (1920), Philippe Descola (1949), Yves Coppens (1934), and Marcellin Boule (1861).

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