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ARCHAEOLOGIST

V. Gordon Childe

1892 - 1957

V. Gordon Childe

Vere Gordon Childe (14 April 1892 – 19 October 1957) was an Australian archaeologist who specialised in the study of European prehistory. He spent most of his life in the United Kingdom, working as an academic for the University of Edinburgh and then the Institute of Archaeology, London. He wrote twenty-six books during his career. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of V. Gordon Childe has received more than 510,382 page views. His biography is available in 43 different languages on Wikipedia (down from 44 in 2019). V. Gordon Childe is the 13th most popular archaeologist (down from 7th in 2019), the 24th most popular biography from Australia (down from 21st in 2019) and the most popular Australian Archaeologist.

Gordon Childe was a British archaeologist who was the first to use the term "Neolithic Revolution" to describe the development of agriculture and the domestication of animals.

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Among ARCHAEOLOGISTS

Among archaeologists, V. Gordon Childe ranks 13 out of 104. Before him are Edward Drinker Cope, Semerkhet, Zahi Hawass, Marija Gimbutas, Nynetjer, and George Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon. After him are Christian Jürgensen Thomsen, Ciriaco de' Pizzicolli, Johann Friedrich Blumenbach, Oscar Montelius, Aurel Stein, and Flinders Petrie.

Most Popular Archaeologists in Wikipedia

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Edward Drinker Cope
1840 - 1897
HPI: 66.70
Rank: 7
Semerkhet
3000 BC - 2960 BC
HPI: 64.35
Rank: 8
Zahi Hawass
1947 - Present
HPI: 63.90
Rank: 9
Marija Gimbutas
1921 - 1994
HPI: 63.61
Rank: 10
Nynetjer
2750 BC - 2845 BC
HPI: 63.41
Rank: 11
George Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon
1866 - 1923
HPI: 62.65
Rank: 12
V. Gordon Childe
1892 - 1957
HPI: 62.30
Rank: 13
Christian Jürgensen Thomsen
1788 - 1865
HPI: 62.05
Rank: 14
Ciriaco de' Pizzicolli
1391 - 1452
HPI: 60.36
Rank: 15
Johann Friedrich Blumenbach
1752 - 1840
HPI: 60.09
Rank: 16
Oscar Montelius
1843 - 1921
HPI: 59.61
Rank: 17
Aurel Stein
1862 - 1943
HPI: 59.56
Rank: 18
Flinders Petrie
1853 - 1942
HPI: 59.40
Rank: 19

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1892, V. Gordon Childe ranks 48. Before him are Alexandre Koyré, Władysław Anders, Sir Arthur Harris, 1st Baronet, Bolesław Bierut, E. H. Carr, and Nikolai Kondratiev. After him are Oswald Pohl, Mary Pickford, Margaret Rutherford, Archduchess Elisabeth Franziska of Austria, József Mindszenty, and Erich Auerbach. Among people deceased in 1957, V. Gordon Childe ranks 33. Before him are Eliot Ness, Erich von Stroheim, Heinrich Otto Wieland, Heinrich Hoffmann, Jože Plečnik, and Richard E. Byrd. After him are Prince George of Greece and Denmark, Maurice Garin, Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Beniamino Gigli, José Leandro Andrade, and James Brendan Connolly.

Others Born in 1892

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Alexandre Koyré
1892 - 1964
HPI: 63.23
Rank: 42
Władysław Anders
1892 - 1970
HPI: 62.85
Rank: 43
Sir Arthur Harris, 1st Baronet
1892 - 1984
HPI: 62.72
Rank: 44
Bolesław Bierut
1892 - 1956
HPI: 62.61
Rank: 45
E. H. Carr
1892 - 1982
HPI: 62.49
Rank: 46
Nikolai Kondratiev
1892 - 1938
HPI: 62.44
Rank: 47
V. Gordon Childe
1892 - 1957
HPI: 62.30
Rank: 48
Oswald Pohl
1892 - 1951
HPI: 62.08
Rank: 49
Mary Pickford
1892 - 1979
HPI: 61.77
Rank: 50
Margaret Rutherford
1892 - 1972
HPI: 61.65
Rank: 51
Archduchess Elisabeth Franziska of Austria
1892 - 1930
HPI: 61.40
Rank: 52
József Mindszenty
1892 - 1975
HPI: 61.35
Rank: 53
Erich Auerbach
1892 - 1957
HPI: 61.19
Rank: 54