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ARCHAEOLOGIST

John M. Allegro

1923 - 1988

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John Marco Allegro (17 February 1923 – 17 February 1988) was an English archaeologist and Dead Sea Scrolls scholar. He was a populariser of the Dead Sea Scrolls through his books and radio broadcasts. He was the editor of some of the most famous and controversial scrolls published, the pesharim. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John M. Allegro has received more than 475,981 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). John M. Allegro is the 114th most popular archaeologist (down from 96th in 2019), the 4,127th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 4,199th in 2019) and the 23rd most popular British Archaeologist.

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Among ARCHAEOLOGISTS

Among archaeologists, John M. Allegro ranks 114 out of 104. Before him are José Leite de Vasconcelos, James Quibell, Zsófia Torma, Julio C. Tello, Karel Absolon, and Muhibbe Darga. After him are Meave Leakey, Grafton Elliot Smith, Boris Piotrovsky, Colin Groves, Ian Hodder, and Mortimer Wheeler.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1923, John M. Allegro ranks 349. Before him are Natália Correia, Cesare Rubini, George Russell, Elizabeth Hawley, Raoul Bott, and Sulamith Goldhaber. After him are Paddy Chayefsky, Joseph Keller, Vladimír Zábrodský, Armand Borel, Monica Lovinescu, and Hedy Schlunegger. Among people deceased in 1988, John M. Allegro ranks 192. Before him are Ray Barbuti, Roy Kinnear, Colin Higgins, Hermann Volk, Henry Johansen, and Bernard Leene. After him are Oktay Rıfat Horozcu, Mike Beuttler, Jackie Milburn, André Saeys, Lin Carter, and Ralph Meeker.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, John M. Allegro ranks 4,127 out of 7,765. Before him are Osbert Salvin (1835), Ellen Wilkinson (1891), Peter Giles (1944), David Hewlett (1968), Indira Varma (1973), and Mark Lester (1958). After him are Bob Evans (1947), Caroline Cossey (1954), Robin Cook (1946), John Abbot (1751), Roger Allam (1953), and John Harding, 1st Baron Harding of Petherton (1896).

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Among ARCHAEOLOGISTS In United Kingdom

Among archaeologists born in United Kingdom, John M. Allegro ranks 23. Before him are Dorothea Bate (1878), Dorothy Garrod (1892), James Prinsep (1799), James Mellaart (1925), John O. Westwood (1805), and James Quibell (1867). After him are Meave Leakey (1942), Colin Groves (1942), Ian Hodder (1948), Mortimer Wheeler (1890), Bernard Pyne Grenfell (1869), and Arthur Surridge Hunt (1871).

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