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ANTHROPOLOGIST

Thomas Hylland Eriksen

1962 - Today

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Thomas Hylland Eriksen (born February 6, 1962) is a Norwegian anthropologist. He is currently a professor of social anthropology at the University of Oslo, as well as the 2015–2016 president of the European Association of Social Anthropologists. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Thomas Hylland Eriksen has received more than 116,161 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Thomas Hylland Eriksen is the 82nd most popular anthropologist (down from 65th in 2019), the 514th most popular biography from Norway (down from 388th in 2019) and the most popular Norwegian Anthropologist.

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Among ANTHROPOLOGISTS

Among anthropologists, Thomas Hylland Eriksen ranks 82 out of 69Before him are Vladimir Bogoraz, Carleton S. Coon, Adolf Bernhard Meyer, Grete Mostny, Hugh Falconer, and Napoleon Chagnon. After him are Edwin H. Colbert, Eugenie Scott, and Alice Roberts.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1962, Thomas Hylland Eriksen ranks 489Before him are Paul Schulze, Kate Spade, Joan Carreras i Goicoechea, John Ngugi, Nelson Gutiérrez, and Pen-Ek Ratanaruang. After him are Amado Boudou, Doris Bures, Pedro Monzón, Zizinho, Will Kymlicka, and Bruno Todeschini.

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In Norway

Among people born in Norway, Thomas Hylland Eriksen ranks 514 out of 927Before him are Julie Ege (1943), Nils Gaup (1955), Samoth (1974), Frode Estil (1972), Heidi Løke (1982), and Tore Pedersen (1969). After him are Geir Ivarsøy (1957), Vibeke Skofterud (1980), Kjetil Jansrud (1985), Hilde Gjermundshaug Pedersen (1964), Anders Lange (1904), and Beate Eriksen (1960).

Among ANTHROPOLOGISTS In Norway

Among anthropologists born in Norway, Thomas Hylland Eriksen ranks 1