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ARCHAEOLOGIST

Kathleen Kenyon

1906 - 1978

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Dame Kathleen Mary Kenyon, (5 January 1906 – 24 August 1978) was a British archaeologist of Neolithic culture in the Fertile Crescent. She led excavations of Tell es-Sultan, the site of ancient Jericho, from 1952 to 1958, and has been called one of the most influential archaeologists of the 20th century. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Kathleen Kenyon has received more than 176,931 page views. Her biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Kathleen Kenyon is the 69th most popular archaeologist (down from 67th in 2019), the 2,614th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 2,860th in 2019) and the 12th most popular British Archaeologist.

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Among ARCHAEOLOGISTS

Among archaeologists, Kathleen Kenyon ranks 69 out of 104Before her are Christiane Desroches Noblecourt, William F. Albright, Victor Loret, Heinrich Karl Brugsch, José Bonaparte, and Florentino Ameghino. After her are Giuseppe Tucci, E. A. Wallis Budge, Ernst Herzfeld, Johan David Åkerblad, Donald Johanson, and François Bordes.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1906, Kathleen Kenyon ranks 192Before her are Sergei Gerasimov, Alberto Lleras Camargo, Herbert Wehner, Jerzy Giedroyc, Juan Carlos Calvo, and René Huyghe. After her are Mario Soldati, René David, Alex Thépot, Fernando Giudicelli, Renato Cesarini, and Max August Zorn. Among people deceased in 1978, Kathleen Kenyon ranks 128Before her are Mary Blair, Héctor Germán Oesterheld, Juan Evaristo, Nico Diederichs, Zenta Mauriņa, and Josef Frings. After her are Lennie Tristano, Mark Robson, Nicolau dos Reis Lobato, Bob Crane, Rubén Morán, and Rudolf Svensson.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Kathleen Kenyon ranks 2,614 out of 7,765Before her are Ralph Abercromby (1734), Sergey Kapitsa (1928), Amanda Tapping (1965), Rory McCann (1969), Harry Seeley (1839), and Norman Lockyer (1836). After her are Ron Flowers (1934), Alan Young (1919), Edmund Leach (1910), Mary Dyer (1611), Tony Atkinson (1944), and Ken McArthur (1881).

Among ARCHAEOLOGISTS In United Kingdom

Among archaeologists born in United Kingdom, Kathleen Kenyon ranks 12Before her are John Lubbock, 1st Baron Avebury (1834), Max Mallowan (1904), George Smith (1840), Alan Gardiner (1879), Colin Renfrew (1937), and Robert Broom (1866). After her are E. A. Wallis Budge (1857), John Evans (1823), Charles Dawson (1864), John Marshall (1876), Dorothea Bate (1878), and Dorothy Garrod (1892).