ARCHAEOLOGIST

Arthur Evans

1851 - 1941

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Sir Arthur John Evans (8 July 1851 – 11 July 1941) was a British archaeologist and pioneer in the study of Aegean civilization in the Bronze Age. The first excavations at the Minoan palace of Knossos on the Greek island of Crete began in 1877. They were led by Cretan Greek Minos Kalokairinos, a native of Heraklion. Three weeks later Ottoman authorities forced him to stop (at the time, Crete was under Ottoman rule). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Arthur Evans is the 6th most popular archaeologist, the 379th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 255th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular British Archaeologist.

Arthur Evans is most famous for his discovery of the Minoan civilization on the island of Crete.

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Among ARCHAEOLOGISTS

Among archaeologists, Arthur Evans ranks 6 out of 151. Before him are Theodor Mommsen, Jean-François Champollion, Heinrich Schliemann, Howard Carter, and Edward Drinker Cope. After him are Den, Christian Jürgensen Thomsen, Colin Renfrew, Semerkhet, Marija Gimbutas, and Johann Friedrich Blumenbach.

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Among people born in 1851, Arthur Evans ranks 3. Before him are Ferdinand Foch, and Olga Constantinovna of Russia. After him are Eugen Böhm von Bawerk, Empress Myeongseong, George Francis FitzGerald, Léon Bourgeois, Louise of Sweden, Emile Berliner, Margherita of Savoy, Ismail Gaspirali, and Peder Severin Krøyer. Among people deceased in 1941, Arthur Evans ranks 14. Before him are Walther Nernst, Emanuel Lasker, Maurice Leblanc, Maximilian Kolbe, Paul Sabatier, and Émile Bernard. After him are James George Frazer, Robert Delaunay, Ioannis Metaxas, El Lissitzky, Ignacy Jan Paderewski, and Marina Tsvetaeva.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Arthur Evans ranks 379 out of 8,785. Before him are Christian de Duve (1917), Olivia Newton-John (1948), Brian Jones (1942), Richard Laurence Millington Synge (1914), Alec Guinness (1914), and David Lloyd George (1863). After him are Robert Fripp (1946), Roger Penrose (1931), William Wordsworth (1770), James George Frazer (1854), Saint Walpurga (710), and Clement Attlee (1883).

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Among ARCHAEOLOGISTS In United Kingdom

Among archaeologists born in United Kingdom, Arthur Evans ranks 2. Before him are Howard Carter (1874). After him are Colin Renfrew (1937), George Smith (1840), George Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon (1866), Flinders Petrie (1853), John Lubbock, 1st Baron Avebury (1834), Leonard Woolley (1880), John O. Westwood (1805), Max Mallowan (1904), Robert Broom (1866), and Colin Groves (1942).

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