ARCHAEOLOGIST

Johan Gunnar Andersson

1874 - 1960

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Johan Gunnar Andersson (3 July 1874 – 29 October 1960) was a Swedish archaeologist, geomorphologist, and paleontologist who was closely associated with the beginnings of Chinese archaeology in the 1920s. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Johan Gunnar Andersson has received more than 62,490 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Johan Gunnar Andersson is the 54th most popular archaeologist (up from 57th in 2019), the 408th most popular biography from Sweden (up from 415th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Swedish Archaeologist.

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Among ARCHAEOLOGISTS

Among archaeologists, Johan Gunnar Andersson ranks 54 out of 151. Before him are James Henry Breasted, Ami Boué, Paul-Émile Botta, Max Mallowan, Colin Renfrew, and Hormuzd Rassam. After him are Louis Laurent Gabriel de Mortillet, Max von Oppenheim, Heinrich Karl Brugsch, Adolf Furtwängler, Johan David Åkerblad, and Robert Broom.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1874, Johan Gunnar Andersson ranks 105. Before him are William Foulke, Lou Henry Hoover, Nicolae Rădescu, Rudolf Maister, Khalid bin Barghash of Zanzibar, and Oskar Nedbal. After him are Georges Lefebvre, Alexander Cambridge, 1st Earl of Athlone, Ricardo Flores Magón, Viggo Jensen, Alfred, Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, and Bahaeddin Şakir. Among people deceased in 1960, Johan Gunnar Andersson ranks 94. Before him are Adone Zoli, Chris Bristow, Sibilla Aleramo, Otto Ender, H. C. Hansen, and Ken McArthur. After him are Mitrofan Nedelin, Eric Temple Bell, Friedrich Kirchner, Yury Olesha, Erich Neumann, and Henny Porten.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Johan Gunnar Andersson ranks 408 out of 1,879. Before him are Olof Rudbeck the Younger (1660), Dead (1969), Bengt Gustavsson (1928), Avicii (1989), Pia Sundhage (1960), and Slim Borgudd (1946). After him are Peter Artedi (1705), Bernhard Karlgren (1889), Sven Tumba (1931), Ralf Edström (1952), Klas Lestander (1931), and Johan Tobias Sergel (1740).

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Among ARCHAEOLOGISTS In Sweden

Among archaeologists born in Sweden, Johan Gunnar Andersson ranks 2. Before him are Oscar Montelius (1843). After him are Johan David Åkerblad (1763), and Sven Nilsson (1787).

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