ANTHROPOLOGIST

Paolo Mantegazza

1831 - 1910

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Paolo Mantegazza (Italian pronunciation: [ˈpaːolo manteˈɡattsa]; 31 October 1831 – 28 August 1910) was an Italian neurologist, physiologist, and anthropologist, known for his experimental investigation of coca leaves and its effects on the human psyche. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Paolo Mantegazza has received more than 72,837 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Paolo Mantegazza is the 39th most popular anthropologist (up from 45th in 2019), the 2,683rd most popular biography from Italy (down from 2,670th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Italian Anthropologist.

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Among ANTHROPOLOGISTS

Among anthropologists, Paolo Mantegazza ranks 39 out of 93. Before him are Richard Leakey, Franco Basaglia, Henry Fairfield Osborn, Marcel Griaule, Jean Malaurie, and David Graeber. After him are Samuel Thomas von Sömmerring, Aleš Hrdlička, Louis Dumont, Georges Vacher de Lapouge, Lubor Niederle, and John Lloyd Stephens.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1831, Paolo Mantegazza ranks 56. Before him are Robert Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Earl of Lytton, Konstantin Leontiev, George Pullman, Hendrik Willem Mesdag, Arsenio Martínez Campos, and Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein. After him are Henri Meilhac, Subh-i-Azal, Georg Sauerwein, Gaston, Marquis de Galliffet, Victor Henri Rochefort, Marquis de Rochefort-Luçay, and Theodor Aman. Among people deceased in 1910, Paolo Mantegazza ranks 57. Before him are Winslow Homer, Michele Rua, Princess Marie of the Netherlands, Hormuzd Rassam, Emmanuel Frémiet, and William Graham Sumner. After him are Friedrich Kohlrausch, Constantin Fahlberg, Jorge Chávez, Luo Yixiu, Kálmán Mikszáth, and Tarabai Shinde.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Paolo Mantegazza ranks 2,683 out of 5,161. Before him are Gregorio Barbarigo (1625), Reniero Zeno (1250), Umberto Caligaris (1901), Daria Nicolodi (1950), Cristina Trivulzio Belgiojoso (1808), and Cino da Pistoia (1270). After him are Silvio Pellico (1789), Boccaccio Boccaccino (1460), Jacopo Contarini (1194), Matteo II Visconti (1319), Giovanni Arrighi (1937), and Guy, Margrave of Tuscany (900).

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Among ANTHROPOLOGISTS In Italy

Among anthropologists born in Italy, Paolo Mantegazza ranks 3. Before him are Mary Douglas (1921), and Franco Basaglia (1924).

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