1887 - 1948
Ruth Fulton Benedict (June 5, 1887 – September 17, 1948) was an American anthropologist and folklorist. She was born in New York City, attended Vassar College and graduated in 1909. After studying anthropology at the New School of Social Research under Elsie Clews Parsons, she entered graduate studies at Columbia University in 1921, where she studied under Franz Boas. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ruth Benedict has received more than 473,670 page views. Her biography is available in 42 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 41 in 2019). Ruth Benedict is the 9th most popular anthropologist (down from 8th in 2019), the 580th most popular biography from United States (up from 589th in 2019) and the 4th most popular American Anthropologist.
Ruth Benedict was a cultural anthropologist who wrote "The Chrysanthemum and the Sword" in 1946. The book is about Japanese culture and how it differs from American culture.
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Among anthropologists, Ruth Benedict ranks 9 out of 69. Before her are Edward Burnett Tylor, Margaret Mead, Franz Boas, Jane Goodall, Clifford Geertz, and Lewis H. Morgan. After her are Paul Broca, Gregory Bateson, Alfred Radcliffe-Brown, A. L. Kroeber, Eugène Dubois, and Edward T. Hall.
1832 - 1917
HPI: 76.93
Rank: 3
1901 - 1978
HPI: 75.75
Rank: 4
1858 - 1942
HPI: 75.74
Rank: 5
1934 - Present
HPI: 75.70
Rank: 6
1926 - 2006
HPI: 74.07
Rank: 7
1818 - 1881
HPI: 73.98
Rank: 8
1887 - 1948
HPI: 73.78
Rank: 9
1824 - 1880
HPI: 73.74
Rank: 10
1904 - 1980
HPI: 73.18
Rank: 11
1881 - 1955
HPI: 70.98
Rank: 12
1876 - 1960
HPI: 70.44
Rank: 13
1858 - 1940
HPI: 69.94
Rank: 14
1914 - 2009
HPI: 69.17
Rank: 15
Among people born in 1887, Ruth Benedict ranks 27. Before her are Saint-John Perse, Henry Moseley, Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg, Heitor Villa-Lobos, Felix Yusupov, and Georg Trakl. After her are Kurt Schwitters, Leopold Ružička, August Macke, Wolfgang Köhler, Erich Mendelsohn, and Lothar Rendulic. Among people deceased in 1948, Ruth Benedict ranks 17. Before her are Folke Bernadotte, Osamu Dazai, Johannes Blaskowitz, Karl Brandt, Babe Ruth, and Nikolai Berdyaev. After her are Kurt Schwitters, Witold Pilecki, Maria Mandl, Karl Gebhardt, Jan Masaryk, and Muhammad Ali Jinnah.
1887 - 1975
HPI: 74.48
Rank: 21
1887 - 1915
HPI: 74.41
Rank: 22
1887 - 1969
HPI: 74.39
Rank: 23
1887 - 1959
HPI: 74.37
Rank: 24
1887 - 1967
HPI: 74.26
Rank: 25
1887 - 1914
HPI: 73.91
Rank: 26
1887 - 1948
HPI: 73.78
Rank: 27
1887 - 1948
HPI: 73.28
Rank: 28
1887 - 1976
HPI: 72.72
Rank: 29
1887 - 1914
HPI: 72.67
Rank: 30
1887 - 1967
HPI: 72.61
Rank: 31
1887 - 1953
HPI: 72.49
Rank: 32
1887 - 1971
HPI: 72.41
Rank: 33
1895 - 1948
HPI: 75.59
Rank: 11
1909 - 1948
HPI: 75.28
Rank: 12
1883 - 1948
HPI: 75.14
Rank: 13
1904 - 1948
HPI: 74.48
Rank: 14
1895 - 1948
HPI: 74.37
Rank: 15
1874 - 1948
HPI: 73.94
Rank: 16
1887 - 1948
HPI: 73.78
Rank: 17
1887 - 1948
HPI: 73.28
Rank: 18
1901 - 1948
HPI: 73.06
Rank: 19
1912 - 1948
HPI: 72.74
Rank: 20
1897 - 1948
HPI: 72.70
Rank: 21
1886 - 1948
HPI: 72.66
Rank: 22
1876 - 1948
HPI: 72.46
Rank: 23
Among people born in United States, Ruth Benedict ranks 580 out of 15,968. Before her are William Hanna (1910), Rod Steiger (1925), Carrie Fisher (1956), Martha Graham (1894), Nancy Sinatra (1940), and Bing Crosby (1903). After her are Albert Ellis (1913), Percy Williams Bridgman (1882), Les Paul (1915), George R. R. Martin (1948), John Stith Pemberton (1831), and Bradley Cooper (1975).
1910 - 2001
HPI: 73.85
Rank: 574
1925 - 2002
HPI: 73.84
Rank: 575
1956 - 2016
HPI: 73.83
Rank: 576
1894 - 1991
HPI: 73.81
Rank: 577
1940 - Present
HPI: 73.79
Rank: 578
1903 - 1977
HPI: 73.78
Rank: 579
1887 - 1948
HPI: 73.78
Rank: 580
1913 - 2007
HPI: 73.76
Rank: 581
1882 - 1961
HPI: 73.76
Rank: 582
1915 - 2009
HPI: 73.76
Rank: 583
1948 - Present
HPI: 73.73
Rank: 584
1831 - 1888
HPI: 73.72
Rank: 585
1975 - Present
HPI: 73.72
Rank: 586
Among anthropologists born in United States, Ruth Benedict ranks 4. Before her are Margaret Mead (1901), Clifford Geertz (1926), and Lewis H. Morgan (1818). After her are A. L. Kroeber (1876), Edward T. Hall (1914), Marvin Harris (1927), Leslie White (1900), Marshall Sahlins (1930), Henry Fairfield Osborn (1857), Ann Dunham (1942), and John Lloyd Stephens (1805).
1901 - 1978
HPI: 75.75
Rank: 1
1926 - 2006
HPI: 74.07
Rank: 2
1818 - 1881
HPI: 73.98
Rank: 3
1887 - 1948
HPI: 73.78
Rank: 4
1876 - 1960
HPI: 70.44
Rank: 5
1914 - 2009
HPI: 69.17
Rank: 6
1927 - 2001
HPI: 66.31
Rank: 7
1900 - 1971
HPI: 66.20
Rank: 8
1930 - Present
HPI: 66.00
Rank: 9
1857 - 1935
HPI: 63.93
Rank: 10
1942 - 1995
HPI: 63.75
Rank: 11
1805 - 1852
HPI: 63.61
Rank: 12