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 121,383 page views. Her biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. Sylvanus Morley is the 76th most popular archaeologist (up from 95th in 2019), the 4,951st most popular biography from United States (up from 6,222nd in 2019) and the 7th most popular American Archaeologist.

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Among ARCHAEOLOGISTS

Among archaeologists, Sylvanus Morley ranks 76 out of 151. Before her are François Bordes, Joseph Orbeli, Florentino Ameghino, Sven Nilsson, William F. Albright, and Dragutin Gorjanović-Kramberger. After her are Israel Finkelstein, Halet Çambel, Kathleen Kenyon, Jens Jacob Asmussen Worsaae, Johann Andreas Wagner, and Charles Dawson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1883, Sylvanus Morley ranks 160. Before her are Maximilian Steinberg, Émile Eddé, Madan Lal Dhingra, Raimu, Trần Trọng Kim, and Pavel Filonov. After her are Thubten Choekyi Nyima, 9th Panchen Lama, Alan Brooke, 1st Viscount Alanbrooke, Hjalmar Bergman, William J. Donovan, Alfred Saalwächter, and Max Fleischer. Among people deceased in 1948, Sylvanus Morley ranks 124. Before her are Louis Lumière, Nikolai Podvoisky, Sigrid Hjertén, August Hlond, František Svoboda, and Carole Landis. After her are Edgar Leonard, C. Aubrey Smith, Amir Sjarifuddin, George Horine, Emmy Hennings, and Lajos Bíró.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Sylvanus Morley ranks 4,951 out of 20,380. Before her are Aron Ralston (1975), Jack DeJohnette (1942), Eddie Lawson (1958), Larry Carlton (1948), A. Merritt (1884), and Eric S. Raymond (1957). After her are John Henry Holland (1929), Billie Joe Armstrong (1972), Alice Hamilton (1869), Ann Wilson (1950), Mathew Brady (1822), and Rockmond Dunbar (1974).

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Among ARCHAEOLOGISTS In United States

Among archaeologists born in United States, Sylvanus Morley ranks 7. Before her are Edward Drinker Cope (1840), George Gaylord Simpson (1902), Othniel Charles Marsh (1831), Robert Ballard (1942), James Henry Breasted (1865), and Charles W. Gilmore (1874). After her are J. P. Mallory (1945), Donald Johanson (1943), Edward Robinson (1794), Lewis Binford (1932), Robert T. Bakker (1945), and Carl Blegen (1887).

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