ARCHAEOLOGIST

Robert T. Bakker

1945 - Today

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Robert Thomas Bakker (born March 24, 1945) is an American paleontologist who helped reshape modern theories about dinosaurs, particularly by adding support to the theory that some dinosaurs were endothermic (warm-blooded). Along with his mentor John Ostrom, Bakker was responsible for initiating the ongoing "dinosaur renaissance" in paleontological studies, beginning with Bakker's article "Dinosaur Renaissance" in the April 1975 issue of Scientific American. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Robert T. Bakker has received more than 317,520 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Robert T. Bakker is the 116th most popular archaeologist (down from 104th in 2019), the 7,668th most popular biography from United States (down from 6,994th in 2019) and the 12th most popular American Archaeologist.

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Among ARCHAEOLOGISTS

Among archaeologists, Robert T. Bakker ranks 116 out of 151Before him are Anne Stine Ingstad, Mortimer Wheeler, Spyridon Marinatos, Franz Weidenreich, Meave Leakey, and Ekrem Akurgal. After him are Zakaria Goneim, Grafton Elliot Smith, Klaus Schmidt, Carl Blegen, Stith Thompson, and Karel Absolon.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1945, Robert T. Bakker ranks 473Before him are Bob Welch, Elton Dean, Mišo Cebalo, Aleksandr Adabashyan, Nina Ruslanova, and Vadim Abdrashitov. After him are Robin Trower, Joseph Coutts, Loni Anderson, Caroline Cellier, Michael Bella, and Toshikatsu Matsuoka.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Robert T. Bakker ranks 7,668 out of 20,380Before him are Hayden Panettiere (1989), Lauren Lane (1961), Tom Kenny (1962), Alvin M. Weinberg (1915), Jaron Lanier (1960), and Eric Andre (1983). After him are Carrie Chapman Catt (1859), Morris Kline (1908), Oliver Evans (1755), Diane di Prima (1934), Bill Black (1926), and Kerry Washington (1977).

Among ARCHAEOLOGISTS In United States

Among archaeologists born in United States, Robert T. Bakker ranks 12Before him are Charles W. Gilmore (1874), Sylvanus Morley (1883), J. P. Mallory (1945), Donald Johanson (1943), Edward Robinson (1794), and Lewis Binford (1932). After him are Carl Blegen (1887), Stith Thompson (1885), Robert John Braidwood (1907), Michael D. Coe (1929), Nancy Dupree (1927), and William G. Dever (1933).