1818 - 1881
Lewis Henry Morgan (November 21, 1818 – December 17, 1881) was a pioneering American anthropologist and social theorist who worked as a railroad lawyer. He is best known for his work on kinship and social structure, his theories of social evolution, and his ethnography of the Iroquois. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Lewis H. Morgan has received more than 369,184 page views. His biography is available in 42 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 40 in 2019). Lewis H. Morgan is the 8th most popular anthropologist (down from 7th in 2019), the 557th most popular biography from United States (down from 485th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular American Anthropologist.
Lewis H. Morgan is most famous for his book Ancient Society. The book was published in 1877 and is a study of the development of human society from savagery to civilization.
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Among anthropologists, Lewis H. Morgan ranks 8 out of 69. Before him are James George Frazer, Edward Burnett Tylor, Margaret Mead, Franz Boas, Jane Goodall, and Clifford Geertz. After him are Ruth Benedict, Paul Broca, Gregory Bateson, Alfred Radcliffe-Brown, A. L. Kroeber, and Eugène Dubois.
1854 - 1941
HPI: 77.29
Rank: 2
1832 - 1917
HPI: 76.93
Rank: 3
1901 - 1978
HPI: 75.75
Rank: 4
1858 - 1942
HPI: 75.74
Rank: 5
1934 - Present
HPI: 75.70
Rank: 6
1926 - 2006
HPI: 74.07
Rank: 7
1818 - 1881
HPI: 73.98
Rank: 8
1887 - 1948
HPI: 73.78
Rank: 9
1824 - 1880
HPI: 73.74
Rank: 10
1904 - 1980
HPI: 73.18
Rank: 11
1881 - 1955
HPI: 70.98
Rank: 12
1876 - 1960
HPI: 70.44
Rank: 13
1858 - 1940
HPI: 69.94
Rank: 14
Among people born in 1818, Lewis H. Morgan ranks 11. Before him are Alexander II of Russia, Emily Brontë, Charles Gounod, Christian IX of Denmark, Jacob Burckhardt, and Marius Petipa. After him are Adolf Anderssen, Rudolf von Jhering, Leconte de Lisle, Charles III, Prince of Monaco, Sophie of Württemberg, and August Wilhelm von Hofmann. Among people deceased in 1881, Lewis H. Morgan ranks 8. Before him are Modest Mussorgsky, Alexander II of Russia, Billy the Kid, Benjamin Disraeli, James A. Garfield, and Thomas Carlyle. After him are Louis Auguste Blanqui, Matthias Jakob Schleiden, Jenny von Westphalen, Henri Vieuxtemps, Auguste Mariette, and Henri-Frédéric Amiel.
1818 - 1881
HPI: 81.63
Rank: 5
1818 - 1848
HPI: 81.36
Rank: 6
1818 - 1893
HPI: 78.60
Rank: 7
1818 - 1906
HPI: 78.54
Rank: 8
1818 - 1897
HPI: 76.71
Rank: 9
1818 - 1910
HPI: 75.18
Rank: 10
1818 - 1881
HPI: 73.98
Rank: 11
1818 - 1879
HPI: 72.58
Rank: 12
1818 - 1892
HPI: 72.12
Rank: 13
1818 - 1894
HPI: 71.54
Rank: 14
1818 - 1889
HPI: 70.47
Rank: 15
1818 - 1877
HPI: 70.40
Rank: 16
1818 - 1892
HPI: 69.90
Rank: 17
1839 - 1881
HPI: 82.66
Rank: 2
1818 - 1881
HPI: 81.63
Rank: 3
1859 - 1881
HPI: 78.72
Rank: 4
1804 - 1881
HPI: 76.77
Rank: 5
1831 - 1881
HPI: 76.01
Rank: 6
1795 - 1881
HPI: 74.41
Rank: 7
1818 - 1881
HPI: 73.98
Rank: 8
1805 - 1881
HPI: 73.76
Rank: 9
1804 - 1881
HPI: 72.30
Rank: 10
1814 - 1881
HPI: 72.16
Rank: 11
1820 - 1881
HPI: 72.12
Rank: 12
1821 - 1881
HPI: 71.67
Rank: 13
1821 - 1881
HPI: 70.67
Rank: 14
Among people born in United States, Lewis H. Morgan ranks 557 out of 15,968. Before him are Elinor Ostrom (1933), Eddie Murphy (1961), Henry Mancini (1924), Philip Glass (1937), Lon Chaney (1883), and Sean Penn (1960). After him are Goldie Hawn (1945), Richard Stallman (1953), Scott Joplin (1868), Glenn Close (1947), John Wayne Gacy (1942), and Martin Landau (1928).
1933 - 2012
HPI: 74.03
Rank: 551
1961 - Present
HPI: 74.01
Rank: 552
1924 - 1994
HPI: 74.01
Rank: 553
1937 - Present
HPI: 74.00
Rank: 554
1883 - 1930
HPI: 73.98
Rank: 555
1960 - Present
HPI: 73.98
Rank: 556
1818 - 1881
HPI: 73.98
Rank: 557
1945 - Present
HPI: 73.98
Rank: 558
1953 - Present
HPI: 73.97
Rank: 559
1868 - 1917
HPI: 73.94
Rank: 560
1947 - Present
HPI: 73.94
Rank: 561
1942 - 1994
HPI: 73.94
Rank: 562
1928 - 2017
HPI: 73.93
Rank: 563
Among anthropologists born in United States, Lewis H. Morgan ranks 3. Before him are Margaret Mead (1901) and Clifford Geertz (1926). After him are Ruth Benedict (1887), A. L. Kroeber (1876), Edward T. Hall (1914), Marvin Harris (1927), Leslie White (1900), Marshall Sahlins (1930), Henry Fairfield Osborn (1857), Ann Dunham (1942), and John Lloyd Stephens (1805).
1901 - 1978
HPI: 75.75
Rank: 1
1926 - 2006
HPI: 74.07
Rank: 2
1818 - 1881
HPI: 73.98
Rank: 3
1887 - 1948
HPI: 73.78
Rank: 4
1876 - 1960
HPI: 70.44
Rank: 5
1914 - 2009
HPI: 69.17
Rank: 6
1927 - 2001
HPI: 66.31
Rank: 7
1900 - 1971
HPI: 66.20
Rank: 8
1930 - Present
HPI: 66.00
Rank: 9
1857 - 1935
HPI: 63.93
Rank: 10
1942 - 1995
HPI: 63.75
Rank: 11
1805 - 1852
HPI: 63.61
Rank: 12