ANTHROPOLOGIST

Michael Harner

1929 - 2018

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Michael James Harner (April 27, 1929 – February 3, 2018) was an American anthropologist, educator and author. His 1980 book, The Way of the Shaman: a Guide to Power and Healing, has been foundational in the development and popularization of core shamanism as a New Age path of personal development for adherents of neoshamanism. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Michael Harner has received more than 185,535 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Michael Harner is the 69th most popular anthropologist (down from 54th in 2019), the 6,668th most popular biography from United States (down from 5,038th in 2019) and the 19th most popular American Anthropologist.

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  • 48.03

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.89

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.40

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ANTHROPOLOGISTS

Among anthropologists, Michael Harner ranks 69 out of 93. Before him are Johann Carl Fuhlrott, Philippe Descola, Max Gluckman, George Murdock, Gayle Rubin, and Madison Grant. After him are Robert Lowie, James C. Scott, Julian Steward, Yves Coppens, Julio Caro Baroja, and Dmitry Anuchin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1929, Michael Harner ranks 364. Before him are Chaim Potok, Sergio Mantovani, Cordelia Edvardson, Arthur Barnard, Julio Ramón Ribeyro, and Alfred Teinitzer. After him are Patricia Routledge, István Rózsavölgyi, Len Deighton, Aulis Kallakorpi, Dmytro Pavlychko, and Bert Stern. Among people deceased in 2018, Michael Harner ranks 310. Before him are John Julius Norwich, Jon Hiseman, Mario Segale, Lindy Remigino, Arthur Barnard, and Peter Carington, 6th Baron Carrington. After him are Davide Astori, Ion Ciubuc, Aureliano Bolognesi, Neagu Djuvara, Abdelmalek Benhabyles, and Hugh Masekela.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Michael Harner ranks 6,668 out of 20,380. Before him are Darryl Jones (1961), Kirk Alyn (1910), Florenz Ziegfeld Jr. (1867), Abraham Polonsky (1910), Mary Alice (1941), and Anna Schwartz (1915). After him are Kim Gordon (1953), Courtney Thorne-Smith (1967), Jason Lee (1970), Gary L. Francione (1954), Bill Condon (1955), and Mary Carew (1913).

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Among ANTHROPOLOGISTS In United States

Among anthropologists born in United States, Michael Harner ranks 19. Before him are Helen Fisher (1945), Ralph Linton (1893), Melville J. Herskovits (1895), George Murdock (1897), Gayle Rubin (1949), and Madison Grant (1865). After him are James C. Scott (1936), Julian Steward (1902), Carleton S. Coon (1904), Napoleon Chagnon (1938), Eugenie Scott (1945), and Edwin H. Colbert (1905).

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