ARCHAEOLOGIST

Stith Thompson

1885 - 1976

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Stith Thompson (March 7, 1885 – January 10, 1976) was an American folklorist: he has been described as "America's most important folklorist". He is the "Thompson" of the Aarne–Thompson–Uther Index, which indexes folktales by type, and the author of the Motif-Index of Folk-Literature, a resource for folklorists that indexes motifs, granular elements of folklore. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Stith Thompson has received more than 154,220 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Stith Thompson is the 121st most popular archaeologist (down from 120th in 2019), the 7,899th most popular biography from United States (up from 8,704th in 2019) and the 14th most popular American Archaeologist.

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  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.85

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  • 2.64

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ARCHAEOLOGISTS

Among archaeologists, Stith Thompson ranks 121 out of 151. Before him are Ekrem Akurgal, Robert T. Bakker, Zakaria Goneim, Grafton Elliot Smith, Klaus Schmidt, and Carl Blegen. After him are Karel Absolon, Julio C. Tello, John Beazley, Dorothea Bate, Robert John Braidwood, and Boris Piotrovsky.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1885, Stith Thompson ranks 217. Before him are Fritz von Unruh, Tommaso Costantino, Otto Kruger, Georgina de Albuquerque, Aldo Palazzeschi, and Prudencia Ayala. After him are Roland Dorgelès, George Fitzmaurice, Ring Lardner, Aquilino Ribeiro, Artur Lemba, and John Beazley. Among people deceased in 1976, Stith Thompson ranks 208. Before him are Johnny Mercer, María Corda, George Parker, Anton Grasser, Miriam Cooper, and Florence Ballard. After him are Afrasiyab Badalbeyli, Maria Klenova, Busby Berkeley, Walter Janssen, Carlo Mattrel, and Anna Kéthly.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Stith Thompson ranks 7,899 out of 20,380. Before him are Roderick Thorp (1936), Art Larsen (1925), Riley Steele (1987), Bebe Neuwirth (1958), Skip James (1902), and Douglas McIlroy (1932). After him are Jack Conway (1887), Scott Hall (1958), Robert A. Lovett (1895), Dick Butkus (1942), Nick Carter (1980), and Dana Plato (1964).

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Among ARCHAEOLOGISTS In United States

Among archaeologists born in United States, Stith Thompson ranks 14. Before him are J. P. Mallory (1945), Donald Johanson (1943), Edward Robinson (1794), Lewis Binford (1932), Robert T. Bakker (1945), and Carl Blegen (1887). After him are Robert John Braidwood (1907), Michael D. Coe (1929), Nancy Dupree (1927), and William G. Dever (1933).

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