ANTHROPOLOGIST

Mikhail Mikhaylovich Gerasimov

1907 - 1970

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Mikhail Mikhaylovich Gerasimov (Russian: Михаи́л Миха́йлович Гера́симов; 2 September 1907 – 21 July 1970) was a Soviet archaeologist and anthropologist who discovered the Mal'ta–Buret' culture and developed the first technique of forensic sculpture based on findings of anthropology, archaeology, paleontology, and forensic science. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mikhail Mikhaylovich Gerasimov has received more than 203,769 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Mikhail Mikhaylovich Gerasimov is the 32nd most popular anthropologist, the 878th most popular biography from Russia (down from 875th in 2019) and the most popular Russian Anthropologist.

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Among ANTHROPOLOGISTS

Among anthropologists, Mikhail Mikhaylovich Gerasimov ranks 32 out of 93. Before him are Jacques de Morgan, Fredrik Barth, Marvin Harris, Raymond Dart, Pierre Clastres, and Wilhelm Schmidt. After him are Richard Leakey, Franco Basaglia, Henry Fairfield Osborn, Marcel Griaule, Jean Malaurie, and David Graeber.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1907, Mikhail Mikhaylovich Gerasimov ranks 134. Before him are Enrique Líster, Víctor Paz Estenssoro, Theodor Wisch, Anthony Blunt, Konstantin Rodzaevsky, and Walter Frentz. After him are Mihail Sebastian, Ramon Magsaysay, Roberto Cherro, Bo Gu, Ursula Kuczynski, and Frederick Copleston. Among people deceased in 1970, Mikhail Mikhaylovich Gerasimov ranks 107. Before him are John Barbirolli, Folco Lulli, Prince Adalbert of Bavaria, Leah Goldberg, Friedrich Pollock, and Alfred Newman. After him are Marlen Haushofer, Patriarch Alexy I of Moscow, Marietta Blau, Fernand Crommelynck, Hugh Dowding, and Romaine Brooks.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Mikhail Mikhaylovich Gerasimov ranks 878 out of 3,761. Before him are Vladimir Fock (1898), Princess Maria Maximilianovna of Leuchtenberg (1841), Viktor Mamatov (1937), Duke Peter Alexandrovich of Oldenburg (1868), George Volkoff (1914), and Sergei Korsakoff (1854). After him are Natalia Makarova (1940), Eugene Botkin (1865), Viktor Gorbatko (1934), Noor Inayat Khan (1914), Malyuta Skuratov (1600), and Patriarch Sergius of Moscow (1867).

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Among ANTHROPOLOGISTS In Russia

Among anthropologists born in Russia, Mikhail Mikhaylovich Gerasimov ranks 1. After him are Andrey Korotayev (1961), and Dmitry Anuchin (1843).

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