ANTHROPOLOGIST

Philippe Descola

1949 - Today

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Philippe Descola, FBA (born 19 June 1949) is a French anthropologist noted for studies of the Achuar, one of several Jivaroan peoples, and for his contributions to anthropological theory. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Philippe Descola has received more than 96,314 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Philippe Descola is the 64th most popular anthropologist, the 4,246th most popular biography from France and the 10th most popular French Anthropologist.

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  • 96k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 48.75

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.13

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.47

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ANTHROPOLOGISTS

Among anthropologists, Philippe Descola ranks 64 out of 93. Before him are Fiona Graham, Melville J. Herskovits, Georges Balandier, Jack Goody, Arjun Appadurai, and Johann Carl Fuhlrott. After him are Max Gluckman, George Murdock, Gayle Rubin, Madison Grant, Michael Harner, and Robert Lowie.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1949, Philippe Descola ranks 392. Before him are Kayahan, Viktor Klimenko, Michael Beck, Ivo Linna, John Podesta, and Naseeruddin Shah. After him are Jessica Harper, Gates McFadden, Stephen McKinley Henderson, Spencer Haywood, Emanuel Ax, and Rubén Pagnanini.

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In France

Among people born in France, Philippe Descola ranks 4,246 out of 6,770. Before him are Benoît-Constant Coquelin (1842), Annette Messager (1943), Auguste Giroux (1874), Joseph Paul Gaimard (1793), Marcel Boulenger (1873), and Pierre Brunet (1902). After him are José Dolhem (1944), Pierre Daninos (1913), Marcel Deprez (1843), Jacques Dupin (1927), Georges Bonnet (1889), and Albert Samain (1858).

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Among ANTHROPOLOGISTS In France

Among anthropologists born in France, Philippe Descola ranks 10. Before him are Pierre Clastres (1934), Marcel Griaule (1898), Georges Vacher de Lapouge (1854), Alfred Sauvy (1898), Maurice Godelier (1934), and Georges Balandier (1920). After him are Yves Coppens (1934), Marcellin Boule (1861), and Françoise Héritier (1933).

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