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ARCHAEOLOGIST

Sylvanus Morley

1883 - 1948

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Sylvanus Griswold Morley (June 7, 1883 – September 2, 1948) was an American archaeologist and epigrapher who studied the pre-Columbian Maya civilization in the early 20th century. Morley led extensive excavations of the Maya site of Chichen Itza on behalf of the Carnegie Institution and published several large compilations and treatises on Maya hieroglyphic writing. He also wrote popular accounts on the Maya for a general audience. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sylvanus Morley has received more than 113,713 page views. Her biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Sylvanus Morley is the 95th most popular archaeologist (down from 76th in 2019), the 6,235th most popular biography from United States (down from 5,826th in 2019) and the 8th most popular American Archaeologist.

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    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.47

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  • 2.48

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Among ARCHAEOLOGISTS

Among archaeologists, Sylvanus Morley ranks 95 out of 104. Before her are Akurgal, Tatiana Proskouriakoff, Dragutin Gorjanović-Kramberger, Zakaria Goneim, Dorothea Bate, and Dorothy Garrod. After her are James Prinsep, James Mellaart, Lewis Binford, Michael D. Coe, Carl Blegen, and Ekrem Akurgal.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1883, Sylvanus Morley ranks 186. Before her are Ernst Stadler, Alexander Fersman, Feodor Gladkov, Jacques Ochs, František Drtikol, and Sax Rohmer. After her are Käthe Kruse, Ignaty Krachkovsky, Fred Pentland, Robert Lowie, Mikhail Gnessin, and Emil Voigt. Among people deceased in 1948, Sylvanus Morley ranks 132. Before her are Edgar Leonard, Giulio Gaudini, Gregg Toland, Kristine Bonnevie, Zhu Ziqing, and Alfredo Baldomir. After her are Alice Salomon, Harry Brearley, Constantin Angelescu, Bevil Rudd, Mickey Marcus, and Gustav Schuft.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Sylvanus Morley ranks 6,235 out of 18,182. Before her are Parker Posey (1968), Mandy Moore (1984), Louise Dresser (1878), John Myung (1967), Jon Turteltaub (1963), and John Bell Hood (1831). After her are Ruby Bridges (1954), David Keith (1954), Jack Parsons (1914), Ferde Grofé (1892), Jill Tarter (1944), and Harry Beaumont (1888).

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Among ARCHAEOLOGISTS In United States

Among archaeologists born in United States, Sylvanus Morley ranks 8. Before her are Othniel Charles Marsh (1831), Robert Ballard (1942), George Gaylord Simpson (1902), James Henry Breasted (1865), Edward Robinson (1794), and Donald Johanson (1943). After her are Lewis Binford (1932), Michael D. Coe (1929), Carl Blegen (1887), Robert John Braidwood (1907), Robert T. Bakker (1945), and Charles W. Gilmore (1874).

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