ARCHAEOLOGIST

Phillip V. Tobias

1925 - 2012

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Phillip Vallentine Tobias (14 October 1925 – 7 June 2012) was a South African palaeoanthropologist and Professor Emeritus at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg. He was best known for his work at South Africa's hominid fossil sites. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Phillip V. Tobias has received more than 71,081 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Phillip V. Tobias is the 145th most popular archaeologist (down from 123rd in 2019), the 201st most popular biography from South Africa (down from 139th in 2019) and the most popular South African Archaeologist.

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Among ARCHAEOLOGISTS

Among archaeologists, Phillip V. Tobias ranks 145 out of 151. Before him are Paolo Orsi, Bernard Pyne Grenfell, John Garstang, Jale İnan, Churchill Babington, and Salima Ikram. After him are Nancy Dupree, Augustus Pitt Rivers, Jacquetta Hawkes, William G. Dever, Barry Cunliffe, and Leonardo López Luján.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1925, Phillip V. Tobias ranks 496. Before him are Swami Rama, Tom Dowd, Colette Marchand, Edward F. Moore, Fernand Decanali, and Bob Tinning. After him are William Jones, Božena Srncová, James Moody, Kurt Lundquist, Adelina Gutiérrez, and Roy Brown. Among people deceased in 2012, Phillip V. Tobias ranks 449. Before him are Colin Davis, Elizabeth Catlett, Nicolaas Govert de Bruijn, Phyllis Thaxter, Josef Kloimstein, and Alan G. Poindexter. After him are Stanford R. Ovshinsky, Milt Campbell, Ronald Stretton, Barry Unsworth, Joe Paterno, and Les Leston.

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In South Africa

Among people born in South Africa, Phillip V. Tobias ranks 201 out of 454. Before him are Baleka Mbete (1949), Govan Mbeki (1910), Thomas Shardelow (1931), Robert Fowler (1931), Kimbal Musk (1972), and David Benatar (1966). After him are Damon Galgut (1963), Joan Harrison (1935), Guy Tunmer (1948), Eddie Keizan (1944), Luki Botha (1930), and Maggie Laubser (1886).

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Among ARCHAEOLOGISTS In South Africa

Among archaeologists born in South Africa, Phillip V. Tobias ranks 1. 

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