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ARCHAEOLOGIST

Michael D. Coe

1929 - 2019

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Michael Douglas Coe (May 14, 1929 – September 25, 2019) was an American archaeologist, anthropologist, epigrapher, and author. He is known for his research on pre-Columbian Mesoamerica, particularly the Maya, and was among the foremost Mayanists of the late twentieth century. He specialised in comparative studies of ancient tropical forest civilizations, such as those of Central America and Southeast Asia. He held the chair of Charles J. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Michael D. Coe has received more than 125,333 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Michael D. Coe is the 99th most popular archaeologist (down from 91st in 2019), the 6,668th most popular biography from United States (up from 7,328th in 2019) and the 10th most popular American Archaeologist.

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Among ARCHAEOLOGISTS

Among archaeologists, Michael D. Coe ranks 99 out of 104Before him are Dorothea Bate, Dorothy Garrod, Sylvanus Morley, James Prinsep, James Mellaart, and Lewis Binford. After him are Carl Blegen, Ekrem Akurgal, John O. Westwood, Robert John Braidwood, Robert T. Bakker, and Johann Andreas Wagner.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1929, Michael D. Coe ranks 351Before him are Elizabeth Roemer, Fazlur Rahman Khan, Eliseo Prado, Beverly Sills, Len Deighton, and Nathalia Timberg. After him are Ignacio Velasco, Ulu Grosbard, John Julius Norwich, Richard Dysart, Arthur Barnard, and Betty Carter. Among people deceased in 2019, Michael D. Coe ranks 315Before him are Ron Leibman, Bernard Binlin Dadié, Larry Cohen, Judith Krantz, Gjermund Eggen, and Dinko Dermendzhiev. After him are Ellen Schwiers, Fred Bongusto, Bernard Lietaer, Ilaria Occhini, Christian Bach, and Galina Volchek.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Michael D. Coe ranks 6,668 out of 18,182Before him are J. William Fulbright (1905), Chris Elliott (1960), Ed Ablowich (1913), Byron Haskin (1899), Bennett Miller (1966), and Eddie Cheever (1958). After him are Brian Littrell (1975), Brian G. Hutton (1935), Elizabeth Hartman (1943), Bainbridge Colby (1869), Frederick Seitz (1911), and Henry Clay Frick (1849).

Among ARCHAEOLOGISTS In United States

Among archaeologists born in United States, Michael D. Coe ranks 10Before him are George Gaylord Simpson (1902), James Henry Breasted (1865), Edward Robinson (1794), Donald Johanson (1943), Sylvanus Morley (1883), and Lewis Binford (1932). After him are Carl Blegen (1887), Robert John Braidwood (1907), Robert T. Bakker (1945), Charles W. Gilmore (1874), Stith Thompson (1885), and J. P. Mallory (1945).