ANTHROPOLOGIST

Ralph Linton

1893 - 1953

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Ralph Linton (27 February 1893 – 24 December 1953) was an American anthropologist of the mid-20th century, particularly remembered for his texts The Study of Man (1936) and The Tree of Culture (1955). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ralph Linton has received more than 159,135 page views. Her biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Ralph Linton is the 55th most popular anthropologist (down from 42nd in 2019), the 5,189th most popular biography from United States (down from 3,893rd in 2019) and the 14th most popular American Anthropologist.

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Among ANTHROPOLOGISTS

Among anthropologists, Ralph Linton ranks 55 out of 93. Before her are Gilberto Freyre, Alfred Sauvy, Helen Fisher, Bengt Danielsson, Andrey Korotayev, and Maurice Godelier. After her are Fei Xiaotong, Edmund Leach, Fiona Graham, Melville J. Herskovits, Georges Balandier, and Jack Goody.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1893, Ralph Linton ranks 178. Before her are Eugen Schüfftan, Blind Lemon Jefferson, László Hudec, Aleksandr Gauk, Oskari Friman, and Willy Böckl. After her are Charley Chase, Ernest B. Schoedsack, Ernst Grünfeld, Amílcar Barbuy, J. G. Strijdom, and Hilda Geiringer. Among people deceased in 1953, Ralph Linton ranks 110. Before her are Nigel Bruce, Dumarsais Estimé, Sven Gustaf Wingqvist, Trần Trọng Kim, Hrachia Acharian, and Charles de Tornaco. After her are Tamar Abakelia, Josef Fischer, Jean Becquerel, August Emil Fieldorf, Albert Meyer, and Charles William Miller.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Ralph Linton ranks 5,189 out of 20,380. Before her are Jeff Conaway (1950), Troy Donahue (1936), Richard Montague (1930), Jacob Perkins (1766), LL Cool J (1968), and Pat Smear (1959). After her are Charlie Wilson (1933), Sam J. Jones (1954), Charley Chase (1893), Dina Meyer (1968), Sean S. Cunningham (1941), and Sonia Sotomayor (1954).

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Among ANTHROPOLOGISTS In United States

Among anthropologists born in United States, Ralph Linton ranks 14. Before her are Ann Dunham (1942), Marvin Harris (1927), Henry Fairfield Osborn (1857), David Graeber (1961), John Lloyd Stephens (1805), and Helen Fisher (1945). After her are Melville J. Herskovits (1895), George Murdock (1897), Gayle Rubin (1949), Madison Grant (1865), Michael Harner (1929), and James C. Scott (1936).

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