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Marcellin Boule

1861 - 1942

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Pierre-Marcellin Boule (1 January 1861 – 4 July 1942), better known as merely Marcellin Boule, was a French palaeontologist, geologist, and anthropologist. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Marcellin Boule has received more than 45,646 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Marcellin Boule is the 78th most popular anthropologist (down from 71st in 2019), the 4,700th most popular biography from France (down from 4,237th in 2019) and the 12th most popular French Anthropologist.

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    Languages Editions (L)

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  • 1.96

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Among ANTHROPOLOGISTS

Among anthropologists, Marcellin Boule ranks 78 out of 93. Before him are Julian Steward, Yves Coppens, Julio Caro Baroja, Dmitry Anuchin, Vladimir Bogoraz, and Eric Wolf. After him are Ashley Montagu, Carleton S. Coon, Françoise Héritier, Marilyn Strathern, Adolf Bernhard Meyer, and Hugh Falconer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1861, Marcellin Boule ranks 134. Before him are Reginald Wingate, Josefine Swoboda, Vasily Andreyev, Paul Matschie, Kalliroi Parren, and Pedro Figari. After him are Andrei Ryabushkin, Claudio Williman, Friedrich Engel, Luigi Galleani, Federico De Roberto, and Aimé Haegeman. Among people deceased in 1942, Marcellin Boule ranks 212. Before him are Ants Laikmaa, Ioannis Malokinis, Lucy Parsons, Jüri Jaakson, Hugh S. Johnson, and John Goodall. After him are Belisario Porras Barahona, Joaquín Sánchez de Toca, William Carr, Hermann Harms, May Robson, and Pranas Dovydaitis.

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In France

Among people born in France, Marcellin Boule ranks 4,700 out of 6,770. Before him are François Bourgeon (1945), Paule Desjardins (1929), Anatole Le Braz (1859), Paul Castanet (1880), Isabelle Nanty (1962), and Denys de La Patellière (1921). After him are Jeanne Dumée (1660), Christian de Chalonge (1937), José Garcia (1966), Roland Dorgelès (1885), Palisot de Beauvois (1752), and Raynald Denoueix (1948).

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Among ANTHROPOLOGISTS In France

Among anthropologists born in France, Marcellin Boule ranks 12. Before him are Georges Vacher de Lapouge (1854), Alfred Sauvy (1898), Maurice Godelier (1934), Georges Balandier (1920), Philippe Descola (1949), and Yves Coppens (1934). After him are Françoise Héritier (1933).

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