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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Leonard Woolley has received more than 354,846 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Leonard Woolley is the 42nd most popular archaeologist (down from 28th in 2019), the 1,613th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,242nd in 2019) and the 7th most popular British Archaeologist.

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  • 29

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  • 5.32

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  • 3.11

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ARCHAEOLOGISTS

Among archaeologists, Leonard Woolley ranks 42 out of 151. Before him are George Smith, Jacques Boucher de Crèvecœur de Perthes, John Lubbock, 1st Baron Avebury, Gustaf Kossinna, Meritites I, and Neferkare Tereru. After him are Giuseppe Fiorelli, Ernst Curtius, Henri Breuil, Margaret Murray, Marcelino Sanz de Sautuola, and James Henry Breasted.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1880, Leonard Woolley ranks 79. Before him are Ida Dalser, Leon Rupnik, Joseph Trumpeldor, Ivar Kreuger, Tod Browning, and Sholem Asch. After him are Eric Lemming, Eric Campbell, Hermann von Keyserling, Ildebrando Pizzetti, Lincoln Ellsworth, and Carl Van Vechten. Among people deceased in 1960, Leonard Woolley ranks 67. Before him are José Antonio Aguirre, Bruno Loerzer, Edwin Fischer, Georges Claude, Carlos Ibáñez del Campo, and Princess Xenia of Montenegro. After him are Wander Johannes de Haas, Józef Haller, Hans Albers, Semyon Bogdanov, Hashim al-Atassi, and Cedric Gibbons.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Leonard Woolley ranks 1,613 out of 8,785. Before him are William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland (1738), Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle (1693), John Canton (1718), John Nelson Darby (1800), Alf Ramsey (1920), and Matthew Flinders (1774). After him are Sandford Fleming (1827), Paul Scofield (1922), Lynn Redgrave (1943), Bernie Taupin (1950), Jeremiah Horrocks (1618), and Neil Tennant (1954).

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Among ARCHAEOLOGISTS In United Kingdom

Among archaeologists born in United Kingdom, Leonard Woolley ranks 7. Before him are Howard Carter (1874), Arthur Evans (1851), George Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon (1866), Flinders Petrie (1853), George Smith (1840), and John Lubbock, 1st Baron Avebury (1834). After him are Max Mallowan (1904), Colin Renfrew (1937), Robert Broom (1866), Alan Gardiner (1879), Kathleen Kenyon (1906), and Charles Dawson (1864).

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