ARCHAEOLOGIST

Oscar Montelius

1843 - 1921

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Gustaf Oscar Augustin Montelius, known as Oscar Montelius (9 September 1843 – 4 November 1921) was a Swedish archaeologist who refined the concept of seriation, a relative chronological dating method. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Oscar Montelius has received more than 46,518 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia. Oscar Montelius is the 17th most popular archaeologist, the 159th most popular biography from Sweden (up from 177th in 2019) and the most popular Swedish Archaeologist.

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Among ARCHAEOLOGISTS

Among archaeologists, Oscar Montelius ranks 17 out of 151. Before him are Marija Gimbutas, Christian Jürgensen Thomsen, V. Gordon Childe, Johann Friedrich Blumenbach, Ciriaco de' Pizzicolli, and George Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon. After him are Karl Richard Lepsius, Louis Leakey, Austen Henry Layard, Alcide d'Orbigny, Khaemweset, and George Gaylord Simpson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1843, Oscar Montelius ranks 19. Before him are Duchess Mathilde Ludovika in Bavaria, Colmar Freiherr von der Goltz, Nicholas Alexandrovich, Tsesarevich of Russia, Richard Avenarius, Princess Maria Annunciata of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, and Benito Pérez Galdós. After him are Walther Flemming, Princess Maria Clotilde of Savoy, Georg von Hertling, Henryk Siemiradzki, Teófilo Braga, and Hermann Schwarz. Among people deceased in 1921, Oscar Montelius ranks 25. Before him are Ignác Goldziher, William II of Württemberg, Eugen Dühring, Mykola Leontovych, `Abdu'l-Bahá, and Engelbert Humperdinck. After him are Julius Richard Petri, Antoni Grabowski, Karl von Bülow, Subramania Bharati, Nikolay Zhukovsky, and Živojin Mišić.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Oscar Montelius ranks 159 out of 1,879. Before him are Inger Nilsson (1959), Emund the Old (1030), Ulf Kristersson (1963), Tomas Lindahl (1938), Gösta Mittag-Leffler (1846), and Carl Peter Thunberg (1743). After him are Gustaf de Laval (1845), Johan Gottlieb Gahn (1745), Ellen Key (1849), John Bauer (1882), Margaret Leijonhufvud (1516), and Eric X of Sweden (1180).

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Among ARCHAEOLOGISTS In Sweden

Among archaeologists born in Sweden, Oscar Montelius ranks 1. After him are Johan Gunnar Andersson (1874), Johan David Åkerblad (1763), and Sven Nilsson (1787).

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