ANTHROPOLOGIST

Marvin Harris

1927 - 2001

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Marvin Harris (August 18, 1927 – October 25, 2001) was an American anthropologist. He was born in Brooklyn, New York City. A prolific writer, he was highly influential in the development of cultural materialism and environmental determinism. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Marvin Harris has received more than 297,249 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2019). Marvin Harris is the 28th most popular anthropologist (down from 23rd in 2019), the 2,619th most popular biography from United States (down from 2,284th in 2019) and the 9th most popular American Anthropologist.

Memorability Metrics

  • 300k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 55.92

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 30

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.19

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.78

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ANTHROPOLOGISTS

Among anthropologists, Marvin Harris ranks 28 out of 93. Before him are Cheikh Anta Diop, Marshall Sahlins, A. L. Kroeber, Ann Dunham, Jacques de Morgan, and Fredrik Barth. After him are Raymond Dart, Pierre Clastres, Wilhelm Schmidt, Mikhail Mikhaylovich Gerasimov, Richard Leakey, and Franco Basaglia.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1927, Marvin Harris ranks 122. Before him are Vasile Milea, Mikhail Ulyanov, Raymond Chow, Pierre Henry, Vladimir Shatalov, and Gabdulkhay Akhatov. After him are Laura Betti, Vladimir Kuts, Geneviève Page, Al Martino, Josy Barthel, and Ken Russell. Among people deceased in 2001, Marvin Harris ranks 78. Before him are Perry Como, Soad Hosny, Pierre Klossowski, Jaroslav Drobný, Hannelore Kohl, and Bill Hewlett. After him are Liisi Oterma, Juan Bosch, Elazar Shach, Chet Atkins, Jason Miller, and William P. Rogers.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Marvin Harris ranks 2,619 out of 20,380. Before him are Barry Nelson (1917), Adrian Smith (1944), Chester Carlson (1906), Tod Browning (1880), Jack Nicklaus (1940), and Melissa McCarthy (1970). After him are Eleanor F. Helin (1932), Lew Ayres (1908), Drew Barrymore (1975), A. E. Waite (1857), John Grinder (1940), and Dorothea Tanning (1910).

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Among ANTHROPOLOGISTS In United States

Among anthropologists born in United States, Marvin Harris ranks 9. Before him are Ruth Benedict (1887), Clifford Geertz (1926), Edward T. Hall (1914), Marshall Sahlins (1930), A. L. Kroeber (1876), and Ann Dunham (1942). After him are Henry Fairfield Osborn (1857), David Graeber (1961), John Lloyd Stephens (1805), Helen Fisher (1945), Ralph Linton (1893), and Melville J. Herskovits (1895).

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