ARCHAEOLOGIST

William G. Dever

1933 - Today

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William Gwinn Dever (born November 27, 1933, Louisville, Kentucky) is an American archaeologist, scholar, historian, semiticist, and theologian. He is an active scholar of the Old Testament, and historian, specialized in the history of the Ancient Near East and the ancient kingdoms of Israel and Judah in biblical times. He was Professor of Near Eastern Archaeology and Anthropology at the University of Arizona in Tucson from 1975 to 2002. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of William G. Dever has received more than 173,500 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. William G. Dever is the 149th most popular archaeologist, the 13,558th most popular biography from United States and the 18th most popular American Archaeologist.

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  • 15

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  • 2.11

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  • 2.88

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Among ARCHAEOLOGISTS

Among archaeologists, William G. Dever ranks 149 out of 151. Before him are Churchill Babington, Salima Ikram, Phillip V. Tobias, Nancy Dupree, Augustus Pitt Rivers, and Jacquetta Hawkes. After him are Barry Cunliffe, and Leonardo López Luján.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1933, William G. Dever ranks 534. Before him are Toini Pöysti, Zoe Caldwell, Floyd Cramer, Charles Vinci, Sarah Marshall, and Buddy MacKay. After him are Patricia Blair, Paul Sarbanes, Adolph Caesar, Joycelyn Elders, Bob Bennett, and Ben Nighthorse Campbell.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, William G. Dever ranks 13,558 out of 20,380. Before him are Jeph Loeb (1958), Chrissy Metz (1980), Kage Baker (1952), Lois Nettleton (1927), Buddy MacKay (1933), and Steve Roach (1955). After him are Elden Henson (1977), Johnny Horton (1925), John W. Geary (1819), Maggie Hassan (1958), Susie Essman (1955), and Gary Winick (1961).

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Among ARCHAEOLOGISTS In United States

Among archaeologists born in United States, William G. Dever ranks 18. Before him are Robert T. Bakker (1945), Carl Blegen (1887), Stith Thompson (1885), Robert John Braidwood (1907), Michael D. Coe (1929), and Nancy Dupree (1927).

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