ARCHAEOLOGIST

Leonard Woolley

1880 - 1960

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Sir Charles Leonard Woolley (17 April 1880 – 20 February 1960) was a British archaeologist best known for his excavations at Ur in Mesopotamia. He is recognized as one of the first "modern" archaeologists who excavated in a methodical way, keeping careful records, and using them to reconstruct ancient life and history. Woolley was knighted in 1935 for his contributions to the discipline of archaeology. He was married to the British archaeologist Katharine Woolley. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Leonard Woolley is the 41st most popular archaeologist (up from 42nd in 2019), the 1,917th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,614th in 2019) and the 8th most popular British Archaeologist.

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Among ARCHAEOLOGISTS

Among archaeologists, Leonard Woolley ranks 41 out of 151. Before him are André Leroi-Gourhan, Ernst Curtius, Ami Boué, Wilhelm Dörpfeld, Henri Breuil, and Paul-Émile Botta. After him are John O. Westwood, Hat Hor, Yuri Knorozov, Johan Gunnar Andersson, Max Mallowan, and James Henry Breasted.

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Among people born in 1880, Leonard Woolley ranks 86. Before him are Elizabeth of the Trinity, Alfred J. Lotka, Kōdō Sawaki, Waldemar Bonsels, Osami Nagano, and Johannes Aavik. After him are Sergei Natanovich Bernstein, Alfredo Ildefonso Schuster, Joseph Trumpeldor, Eric Lemming, Lytton Strachey, and Eric Campbell. Among people deceased in 1960, Leonard Woolley ranks 67. Before him are Alexandre Benois, Edwin Fischer, Salvatore Ferragamo, Bruno Loerzer, The Great Gama, and Hans Wilsdorf. After him are Georges Claude, Prince Ferdinand Pius, Duke of Calabria, Carlos Ibáñez del Campo, Johan Gunnar Andersson, Abdul Rahman of Negeri Sembilan, and Noël Bas.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Leonard Woolley ranks 1,917 out of 8,785. Before him are Charles Macintosh (1766), Peter Vaughan (1923), Thomas Sydenham (1624), Edward Young (1683), Eleanor of Woodstock (1318), and John Henry Poynting (1852). After him are John Skelton (1460), Amy Johnson (1903), Edward the Exile (1016), Pieter de Molijn (1595), Richard Bowdler Sharpe (1847), and Sir John Pringle, 1st Baronet (1707).

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Among ARCHAEOLOGISTS In United Kingdom

Among archaeologists born in United Kingdom, Leonard Woolley ranks 8. Before him are Arthur Evans (1851), Colin Renfrew (1937), George Smith (1840), George Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon (1866), Flinders Petrie (1853), and John Lubbock, 1st Baron Avebury (1834). After him are John O. Westwood (1805), Max Mallowan (1904), Robert Broom (1866), Colin Groves (1942), Alan Gardiner (1879), and James Quibell (1867).

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