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 505,974 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. John M. Allegro is the 133rd most popular archaeologist (down from 114th in 2019), the 4,706th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,119th in 2019) and the 28th most popular British Archaeologist.

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Among ARCHAEOLOGISTS

Among archaeologists, John M. Allegro ranks 133 out of 151. Before him are Boris Piotrovsky, James Quibell, José Leite de Vasconcelos, Michael D. Coe, Arthur Surridge Hunt, and Davidson Black. After him are Ivan Borkovský, Grahame Clark, Miroslav Verner, Alexey Okladnikov, Muhibbe Darga, and Paolo Orsi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1923, John M. Allegro ranks 414. Before him are James Stockdale, Vic Seixas, Isaac Schwartz, Alex Hannum, Romolo Catasta, and Erika Böhm-Vitense. After him are Aage Larsen, Ned Rorem, Inge Keller, Óscar González, Ram Jethmalani, and Mae Young. Among people deceased in 1988, John M. Allegro ranks 238. Before him are Oktay Rıfat Horozcu, Christopher Connelly, Greta Nissen, Henry Johansen, Carlos Manuel Piedra, and Freddie Wolff. After him are Lois Wilson, Irene Manton, Thomas Cooray, Nora Astorga, Toni Frissell, and Oleg Zhakov.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, John M. Allegro ranks 4,706 out of 8,785. Before him are Matt Bellamy (1978), Douglas Hurd (1930), Topper Headon (1955), Henry Lincoln (1930), Julia Donaldson (1948), and Anthony Powell (1905). After him are Leigh Hunt (1784), Clare Hollingworth (1911), Thomas Townshend, 1st Viscount Sydney (1733), Dave Mason (1946), Ed Stafford (1975), and Edgeworth David (1858).

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Among ARCHAEOLOGISTS In United Kingdom

Among archaeologists born in United Kingdom, John M. Allegro ranks 28. Before him are Mortimer Wheeler (1890), Meave Leakey (1942), John Beazley (1885), Dorothea Bate (1878), James Quibell (1867), and Arthur Surridge Hunt (1871). After him are Grahame Clark (1907), Bernard Pyne Grenfell (1869), John Garstang (1876), Churchill Babington (1821), Augustus Pitt Rivers (1827), and Jacquetta Hawkes (1910).

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