ANTHROPOLOGIST

Ashley Montagu

1905 - 1999

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Montague Francis Ashley-Montagu (born Israel Ehrenberg; June 28, 1905 – November 26, 1999) was a British-American anthropologist who popularized the study of topics such as race and gender and their relation to politics and development. He was the rapporteur, in 1950, for the UNESCO "statement on race". As a young man he changed his name from Ehrenberg to "Montague Francis Ashley-Montagu". After relocating to the United States he used the name "Ashley Montagu". Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ashley Montagu is the 67th most popular anthropologist (up from 79th in 2019), the 3,748th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 4,104th in 2019) and the 10th most popular British Anthropologist.

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Among ANTHROPOLOGISTS

Among anthropologists, Ashley Montagu ranks 67 out of 93. Before him are Max Gluckman, Robert Lowie, Georges Balandier, Raymond Firth, Fiona Graham, and Julio Caro Baroja. After him are Jack Goody, Dmitry Anuchin, Helen Fisher, Michael Harner, Madison Grant, and Philippe Descola.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1905, Ashley Montagu ranks 267. Before him are J. William Fulbright, Albert W. Tucker, Leila Hyams, László Papp, Stanisław Mazur, and Kay Francis. After him are Jenő Rejtő, Philip Ahn, René Bondoux, Mario de las Casas, Baltasar Albéniz, and Boris Ponomarev. Among people deceased in 1999, Ashley Montagu ranks 199. Before him are Yvette Cauchois, David A. Huffman, Shel Silverstein, Zuleykha Seyidmammadova, Quentin Crisp, and John Berry. After him are János Parti, Owen Hart, Maria Sander, Yury Malyshev, Heinrich Schmid, and Christopher Cockerell.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Ashley Montagu ranks 3,749 out of 8,785. Before him are Arthur Bliss (1891), Gilbert Thomas Burnett (1800), Quentin Crisp (1908), Mary Toft (1703), Peter McParland (1934), and John Gerard (1545). After him are Ronald Lacey (1935), Osbert Salvin (1835), Davy Jones (1945), Henri Alleg (1921), Rupert Graves (1963), and John Negroponte (1939).

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Among ANTHROPOLOGISTS In United Kingdom

Among anthropologists born in United Kingdom, Ashley Montagu ranks 10. Before him are Gregory Bateson (1904), Alfred Radcliffe-Brown (1881), E. E. Evans-Pritchard (1902), Mary Leakey (1913), Victor Turner (1920), and Edmund Leach (1910). After him are Jack Goody (1919), Hugh Falconer (1808), Marilyn Strathern (1941), W. H. R. Rivers (1864), Chris Stringer (1947), and Alice Roberts (1973).

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