1802 - 1870
Paul-Émile Botta (6 December 1802 – 29 March 1870) was an Italian-born French scientist who served as Consul in Mosul (then in the Ottoman Empire, now in Iraq) from 1842, and who discovered the ruins of the ancient Assyrian capital of Dur-Sharrukin. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Paul-Émile Botta has received more than 52,313 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Paul-Émile Botta is the 44th most popular archaeologist (down from 43rd in 2019), the 2,163rd most popular biography from Italy (up from 2,384th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Italian Archaeologist.
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Among archaeologists, Paul-Émile Botta ranks 44 out of 104. Before him are Yuri Knorozov, Henri Breuil, Ernst Curtius, George Smith, Meritites I, and Hat Hor. After him are James Henry Breasted, Alan Gardiner, Marcelino Sanz de Sautuola, Gustaf Kossinna, Jacques Boucher de Crèvecœur de Perthes, and Louis Laurent Gabriel de Mortillet.
1922 - 1999
HPI: 55.20
Rank: 38
1877 - 1961
HPI: 55.19
Rank: 39
1814 - 1896
HPI: 55.16
Rank: 40
1840 - 1876
HPI: 55.12
Rank: 41
2700 BC - 2600 BC
HPI: 55.02
Rank: 42
3150 BC - 3095 BC
HPI: 54.59
Rank: 43
1802 - 1870
HPI: 54.06
Rank: 44
1865 - 1935
HPI: 54.01
Rank: 45
1879 - 1963
HPI: 53.95
Rank: 46
1831 - 1888
HPI: 53.50
Rank: 47
1858 - 1931
HPI: 53.15
Rank: 48
1788 - 1868
HPI: 53.02
Rank: 49
1821 - 1898
HPI: 52.36
Rank: 50
Among people born in 1802, Paul-Émile Botta ranks 29. Before him are Carl Ritter von Ghega, Jean-Baptiste Henri Lacordaire, Frederick William, Elector of Hesse, Harriet Martineau, Johann Friedrich von Brandt, and Arnold Ruge. After him are Mariano Arista, Niccolò Tommaseo, Princess Emma of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym, Cesare Pugni, Friedrich Adolf Trendelenburg, and Duchess Elisabeth Alexandrine of Württemberg. Among people deceased in 1870, Paul-Émile Botta ranks 29. Before him are Charles Auguste de Bériot, Konstantin Ushinsky, David Farragut, Justo José de Urquiza, Charles Xavier Thomas, and Victor Noir. After him are Karel Jaromír Erben, Charles Forbes René de Montalembert, Prince Frederick of Württemberg, Cesare Pugni, Victor de Broglie, and Imre Frivaldszky.
1802 - 1860
HPI: 56.35
Rank: 23
1802 - 1861
HPI: 55.07
Rank: 24
1802 - 1875
HPI: 54.79
Rank: 25
1802 - 1876
HPI: 54.63
Rank: 26
1802 - 1879
HPI: 54.32
Rank: 27
1802 - 1880
HPI: 54.30
Rank: 28
1802 - 1870
HPI: 54.06
Rank: 29
1802 - 1855
HPI: 53.21
Rank: 30
1802 - 1874
HPI: 52.25
Rank: 31
1802 - 1858
HPI: 51.96
Rank: 32
1802 - 1870
HPI: 51.69
Rank: 33
1802 - 1872
HPI: 51.20
Rank: 34
1802 - 1864
HPI: 50.95
Rank: 35
1802 - 1870
HPI: 57.14
Rank: 23
1823 - 1870
HPI: 56.38
Rank: 24
1801 - 1870
HPI: 55.01
Rank: 25
1801 - 1870
HPI: 54.76
Rank: 26
1785 - 1870
HPI: 54.69
Rank: 27
1848 - 1870
HPI: 54.57
Rank: 28
1802 - 1870
HPI: 54.06
Rank: 29
1811 - 1870
HPI: 53.87
Rank: 30
1810 - 1870
HPI: 53.05
Rank: 31
1808 - 1870
HPI: 52.45
Rank: 32
1802 - 1870
HPI: 51.69
Rank: 33
1785 - 1870
HPI: 51.17
Rank: 34
1799 - 1870
HPI: 51.09
Rank: 35
Among people born in Italy, Paul-Émile Botta ranks 2,163 out of 4,668. Before him are Valeria Bruni Tedeschi (1964), Clare of Montefalco (1268), Silvana Pampanini (1925), Mondino de Luzzi (1275), Luzzasco Luzzaschi (1545), and Adalbert I of Ivrea (880). After him are Riccardo Chailly (1953), Giovanni Antonio Amadeo (1447), Catherine of Ricci (1522), Titus Lartius (-600), Ostilio Ricci (1540), and Dionigi Tettamanzi (1934).
1964 - Present
HPI: 54.07
Rank: 2,157
1268 - 1308
HPI: 54.07
Rank: 2,158
1925 - 2016
HPI: 54.07
Rank: 2,159
1275 - 1326
HPI: 54.07
Rank: 2,160
1545 - 1607
HPI: 54.06
Rank: 2,161
880 - 929
HPI: 54.06
Rank: 2,162
1802 - 1870
HPI: 54.06
Rank: 2,163
1953 - Present
HPI: 54.06
Rank: 2,164
1447 - 1522
HPI: 54.06
Rank: 2,165
1522 - 1590
HPI: 54.06
Rank: 2,166
600 BC - 500 BC
HPI: 54.06
Rank: 2,167
1540 - 1603
HPI: 54.05
Rank: 2,168
1934 - 2017
HPI: 54.02
Rank: 2,169
Among archaeologists born in Italy, Paul-Émile Botta ranks 2. Before him are Ciriaco de' Pizzicolli (1391). After him are Giuseppe Fiorelli (1823), Florentino Ameghino (1853), Giuseppe Tucci (1894), and Massimo Pallottino (1909).
1391 - 1452
HPI: 60.36
Rank: 1
1802 - 1870
HPI: 54.06
Rank: 2
1823 - 1896
HPI: 51.71
Rank: 3
1853 - 1911
HPI: 49.99
Rank: 4
1894 - 1984
HPI: 49.62
Rank: 5
1909 - 1995
HPI: 48.15
Rank: 6