ANTHROPOLOGIST

James C. Scott

1936 - 2024

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James Campbell Scott (December 2, 1936 – July 19, 2024) was an American political scientist and anthropologist specializing in comparative politics. He was a comparative scholar of agrarian and non-state societies. Trained as a political scientist, Scott's scholarship discussed peasant societies, state power, and political resistance. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of James C. Scott has received more than 778,365 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. James C. Scott is the 71st most popular anthropologist, the 6,762nd most popular biography from United States and the 20th most popular American Anthropologist.

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Among ANTHROPOLOGISTS

Among anthropologists, James C. Scott ranks 71 out of 93. Before him are Max Gluckman, George Murdock, Gayle Rubin, Madison Grant, Michael Harner, and Robert Lowie. After him are Julian Steward, Yves Coppens, Julio Caro Baroja, Dmitry Anuchin, Vladimir Bogoraz, and Eric Wolf.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1936, James C. Scott ranks 371. Before him are Ahmed Mohamed Mohamoud, John P. Ryan, James Lee Burke, Hans Zender, Georg Sterzinsky, and Nikos Xilouris. After him are Anatoly Mikhaylov, Tamás Mendelényi, Ong Teng Cheong, Marin Sorescu, Sissy Schwarz, and Théodore-Adrien Sarr. Among people deceased in 2024, James C. Scott ranks 185. Before him are Yoshiko Kuga, Wayne Kramer, Gary Graham, Pedro Rubiano Sáenz, Mario Boljat, and Bill Walton. After him are Jean-Claude Gaudin, Basdeo Panday, Richard Simmons, Akira Endo, Akebono Tarō, and Zdeněk Pecka.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, James C. Scott ranks 6,762 out of 20,380. Before him are Ashley Tisdale (1985), Orville Gibson (1856), Rick Baker (1950), Patrick Kilpatrick (1949), Edgar Adams (1868), and Walter Catlett (1889). After him are Joe Rogan (1967), Tony Scott (1921), Chace Crawford (1985), Hannibal Goodwin (1822), Marc Wright (1890), and Dave Arneson (1947).

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Among ANTHROPOLOGISTS In United States

Among anthropologists born in United States, James C. Scott ranks 20. Before him are Ralph Linton (1893), Melville J. Herskovits (1895), George Murdock (1897), Gayle Rubin (1949), Madison Grant (1865), and Michael Harner (1929). After him are Julian Steward (1902), Carleton S. Coon (1904), Napoleon Chagnon (1938), Eugenie Scott (1945), Edwin H. Colbert (1905), and John Tooby (1952).

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