1853 - 1940
Wilhelm Dörpfeld (26 December 1853 – 25 April 1940) was a German architect and archaeologist, a pioneer of stratigraphic excavation and precise graphical documentation of archaeological projects. He is famous for his work on Bronze Age sites around the Mediterranean, such as Tiryns and Hisarlik (the site of the legendary city of Troy), where he continued Heinrich Schliemann's excavations. Like Schliemann, Dörpfeld was an advocate of the historical reality of places mentioned in the works of Homer. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Wilhelm Dörpfeld has received more than 76,322 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia. Wilhelm Dörpfeld is the 33rd most popular archaeologist (down from 30th in 2019), the 1,990th most popular biography from Germany (up from 2,000th in 2019) and the 7th most popular German Archaeologist.
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Among archaeologists, Wilhelm Dörpfeld ranks 33 out of 104. Before him are Paul Pelliot, Leonard Woolley, Othniel Charles Marsh, Robert Ballard, Neferkare Tereru, and Ami Boué. After him are George Gaylord Simpson, André Leroi-Gourhan, John Lubbock, 1st Baron Avebury, Max Mallowan, Yuri Knorozov, and Henri Breuil.
1878 - 1945
HPI: 57.38
Rank: 27
1880 - 1960
HPI: 57.30
Rank: 28
1831 - 1899
HPI: 57.08
Rank: 29
1942 - Present
HPI: 56.87
Rank: 30
2200 BC - 2200 BC
HPI: 56.13
Rank: 31
1794 - 1881
HPI: 55.83
Rank: 32
1853 - 1940
HPI: 55.63
Rank: 33
1902 - 1984
HPI: 55.63
Rank: 34
1911 - 1986
HPI: 55.56
Rank: 35
1834 - 1913
HPI: 55.55
Rank: 36
1904 - 1978
HPI: 55.41
Rank: 37
1922 - 1999
HPI: 55.20
Rank: 38
1877 - 1961
HPI: 55.19
Rank: 39
Among people born in 1853, Wilhelm Dörpfeld ranks 35. Before him are Flinders Petrie, Louise Abbéma, Vladimir Shukhov, Miguel, Duke of Braganza, Pierre Paul Émile Roux, and Sophia Perovskaya. After him are Roberto Ferruzzi, Gregorio Ricci-Curbastro, Antonio Salandra, Alexius Meinong, Fritz von Below, and Tivadar Csontváry Kosztka. Among people deceased in 1940, Wilhelm Dörpfeld ranks 55. Before him are Jesse Livermore, Lewis Hine, Joseph Meister, Paul Nizan, Anton Korošec, and Arthur Zimmermann. After him are Alfred Loisy, Anton Hansen Tammsaare, Jacques-Arsène d'Arsonval, Pedro de Alcântara, Prince of Grão-Pará, Marie Krøyer, and Jehan Alain.
1853 - 1942
HPI: 59.40
Rank: 29
1853 - 1927
HPI: 57.31
Rank: 30
1853 - 1939
HPI: 57.18
Rank: 31
1853 - 1927
HPI: 57.05
Rank: 32
1853 - 1933
HPI: 56.23
Rank: 33
1853 - 1881
HPI: 55.96
Rank: 34
1853 - 1940
HPI: 55.63
Rank: 35
1853 - 1934
HPI: 55.48
Rank: 36
1853 - 1925
HPI: 55.37
Rank: 37
1853 - 1931
HPI: 55.28
Rank: 38
1853 - 1920
HPI: 55.27
Rank: 39
1853 - 1918
HPI: 55.11
Rank: 40
1853 - 1919
HPI: 54.70
Rank: 41
1877 - 1940
HPI: 57.19
Rank: 49
1874 - 1940
HPI: 56.97
Rank: 50
1876 - 1940
HPI: 56.88
Rank: 51
1905 - 1940
HPI: 56.78
Rank: 52
1872 - 1940
HPI: 55.94
Rank: 53
1864 - 1940
HPI: 55.67
Rank: 54
1853 - 1940
HPI: 55.63
Rank: 55
1857 - 1940
HPI: 55.46
Rank: 56
1878 - 1940
HPI: 55.38
Rank: 57
1851 - 1940
HPI: 55.00
Rank: 58
1875 - 1940
HPI: 54.84
Rank: 59
1867 - 1940
HPI: 54.75
Rank: 60
1911 - 1940
HPI: 54.69
Rank: 61
Among people born in Germany, Wilhelm Dörpfeld ranks 1,990 out of 6,142. Before him are Carl Oberg (1897), Friedrich Ferdinand, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein (1855), Johann Gottfried Schadow (1764), Princess Maria Augusta of Saxony (1782), Andreas Cellarius (1596), and John II, Duke of Bavaria (1341). After him are Karl Ernst (1904), Paul Gerhardt (1607), Lotte Reiniger (1899), William, Prince of Hohenzollern (1864), Landgravine Marie Louise of Hesse-Kassel (1688), and Gershon Kingsley (1922).
1897 - 1965
HPI: 55.65
Rank: 1,984
1855 - 1934
HPI: 55.64
Rank: 1,985
1764 - 1850
HPI: 55.64
Rank: 1,986
1782 - 1863
HPI: 55.64
Rank: 1,987
1596 - 1665
HPI: 55.64
Rank: 1,988
1341 - 1397
HPI: 55.64
Rank: 1,989
1853 - 1940
HPI: 55.63
Rank: 1,990
1904 - 1934
HPI: 55.63
Rank: 1,991
1607 - 1676
HPI: 55.62
Rank: 1,992
1899 - 1981
HPI: 55.62
Rank: 1,993
1864 - 1927
HPI: 55.61
Rank: 1,994
1688 - 1765
HPI: 55.61
Rank: 1,995
1922 - 2019
HPI: 55.61
Rank: 1,996
Among archaeologists born in Germany, Wilhelm Dörpfeld ranks 7. Before him are Heinrich Schliemann (1822), Theodor Mommsen (1817), Johann Friedrich Blumenbach (1752), Karl Richard Lepsius (1810), Leo Frobenius (1873), and Ami Boué (1794). After him are Ernst Curtius (1814), Isdal Woman (1940), Halet Çambel (1916), Heinrich Karl Brugsch (1827), Ernst Herzfeld (1879), and Rudolf Wagner (1805).
1822 - 1890
HPI: 76.71
Rank: 1
1817 - 1903
HPI: 75.64
Rank: 2
1752 - 1840
HPI: 60.09
Rank: 3
1810 - 1884
HPI: 59.15
Rank: 4
1873 - 1938
HPI: 58.03
Rank: 5
1794 - 1881
HPI: 55.83
Rank: 6
1853 - 1940
HPI: 55.63
Rank: 7
1814 - 1896
HPI: 55.16
Rank: 8
1940 - 1970
HPI: 52.10
Rank: 9
1916 - 2014
HPI: 51.44
Rank: 10
1827 - 1894
HPI: 50.32
Rank: 11
1879 - 1948
HPI: 49.54
Rank: 12
1805 - 1864
HPI: 48.98
Rank: 13