ARCHAEOLOGIST

Othniel Charles Marsh

1831 - 1899

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Othniel Charles Marsh (October 29, 1831 – March 18, 1899) was an American professor of Paleontology in Yale College and President of the National Academy of Sciences. He was one of the preeminent scientists in the field of paleontology. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Othniel Charles Marsh has received more than 432,194 page views. His biography is available in 36 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 35 in 2019). Othniel Charles Marsh is the 30th most popular archaeologist (down from 29th in 2019), the 2,267th most popular biography from United States (down from 2,055th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular American Archaeologist.

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Among ARCHAEOLOGISTS

Among archaeologists, Othniel Charles Marsh ranks 30 out of 151. Before him are Flinders Petrie, Leo Frobenius, Aurel Stein, Bogdan Filov, Paul Pelliot, and Yuri Knorozov. After him are Isdal Woman, Robert Ballard, Wilhelm Dörpfeld, Hat Hor, André Leroi-Gourhan, and George Smith.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1831, Othniel Charles Marsh ranks 36. Before him are Maurice de Hirsch, Ludvig Nobel, Nikolai Ge, Paul Durand-Ruel, Anna Leonowens, and George Victor, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont. After him are Ankō Itosu, Princess Helena of Nassau, Siegfried Marcus, Philip Sheridan, Peter Nicolai Arbo, and Daniele Comboni. Among people deceased in 1899, Othniel Charles Marsh ranks 17. Before him are Ernest Chausson, Giovanni Segantini, Virginia Oldoini, Countess of Castiglione, Nubar Pasha, Aristide Cavaillé-Coll, and Ludwig Büchner. After him are Edward Frankland, Charles Friedel, Geert Adriaans Boomgaard, Princess Maria Immacolata of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Katsu Kaishū, and Count Karl Sigmund von Hohenwart.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Othniel Charles Marsh ranks 2,267 out of 20,380. Before him are Michael Walzer (1935), Betty Friedan (1921), Joseph E. Johnston (1807), Baruch Goldstein (1956), Carol Gilligan (1936), and Daniel Carleton Gajdusek (1923). After him are John Conyers (1929), Ray Harryhausen (1920), Joseph Kittinger (1928), Albert R. Broccoli (1909), Tom Petty (1950), and John Bates Clark (1847).

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Among ARCHAEOLOGISTS In United States

Among archaeologists born in United States, Othniel Charles Marsh ranks 3. Before him are Edward Drinker Cope (1840), and George Gaylord Simpson (1902). After him are Robert Ballard (1942), James Henry Breasted (1865), Charles W. Gilmore (1874), Sylvanus Morley (1883), J. P. Mallory (1945), Donald Johanson (1943), Edward Robinson (1794), Lewis Binford (1932), and Robert T. Bakker (1945).

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