ANTHROPOLOGIST

Melville J. Herskovits

1895 - 1963

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Melville Jean Herskovits (September 10, 1895 – February 25, 1963) was an American anthropologist who helped to first establish African and African Diaspora studies in American academia. He is known for exploring the cultural continuity from African cultures as expressed in African-American communities. He worked with his wife Frances (Shapiro) Herskovits, also an anthropologist, in the field in South America, the Caribbean and Africa. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Melville J. Herskovits has received more than 171,370 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Melville J. Herskovits is the 59th most popular anthropologist (down from 56th in 2019), the 5,754th most popular biography from United States (down from 5,086th in 2019) and the 15th most popular American Anthropologist.

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Among ANTHROPOLOGISTS

Among anthropologists, Melville J. Herskovits ranks 59 out of 93. Before him are Andrey Korotayev, Maurice Godelier, Ralph Linton, Fei Xiaotong, Edmund Leach, and Fiona Graham. After him are Georges Balandier, Jack Goody, Arjun Appadurai, Johann Carl Fuhlrott, Philippe Descola, and Max Gluckman.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1895, Melville J. Herskovits ranks 200. Before him are Max Valier, Ernest Labrousse, Titsian Tabidze, Conchita Supervía, Anita Stewart, and Virginia Rappe. After him are Olga Spessivtseva, Liane Haid, José Díaz, Hans Rosbaud, Georg Muche, and Ben Sharpsteen. Among people deceased in 1963, Melville J. Herskovits ranks 137. Before him are Erich Ollenhauer, Wladimir Aïtoff, Ahmed Lutfi el-Sayed, J. D. Tippit, Sabu Dastagir, and Woldemar Hägglund. After him are Luo Ronghuan, Dick Powell, Amelita Galli-Curci, Georg Braun, Augusts Kirhenšteins, and Mehdi Frashëri.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Melville J. Herskovits ranks 5,754 out of 20,380. Before him are Philip Arthur Fisher (1907), Virginia Rappe (1895), Sally Yates (1960), Mike Resnick (1942), Nelson A. Miles (1839), and Brendan Eich (1961). After him are Ann Sheridan (1915), Art Metrano (1936), Michael Brandon (1945), Janet Margolin (1943), Travis Scott (1991), and Daniel Bashiel Warner (1815).

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Among ANTHROPOLOGISTS In United States

Among anthropologists born in United States, Melville J. Herskovits ranks 15. Before him are Marvin Harris (1927), Henry Fairfield Osborn (1857), David Graeber (1961), John Lloyd Stephens (1805), Helen Fisher (1945), and Ralph Linton (1893). After him are George Murdock (1897), Gayle Rubin (1949), Madison Grant (1865), Michael Harner (1929), James C. Scott (1936), and Julian Steward (1902).

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