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Benjamin Mazar

1906 - 1995

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Benjamin Mazar (Hebrew: בנימין מזר; born Binyamin Zeev Maisler, June 28, 1906 – September 9, 1995) was a pioneering Israeli historian, recognized as the "dean" of biblical archaeologists. He shared the national passion for the archaeology of Israel that also attracts considerable international interest due to the region's biblical links. He is known for his excavations at the most significant biblical site in Israel: south and south west of the Temple Mount in Jerusalem. In 1932 he conducted the first archaeological excavation under Jewish auspices in Israel at Beit She'arim (the largest catacombs ever found in Israel) and in 1948 was the first archaeologist to receive a permit granted by the new State of Israel (Tell Qasile, 1948). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Benjamin Mazar is the 473rd most popular historian (down from 467th in 2019), the 1,085th most popular biography from Poland (down from 1,071st in 2019) and the 18th most popular Polish Historian.

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Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, Benjamin Mazar ranks 473 out of 561. Before him are Stanley Morison, René Rémond, Richard J. Evans, Sara Ashurbeyli, Miguel León-Portilla, and Ji Xianlin. After him are Artur Hazelius, David Abulafia, Craterus, Niall Ferguson, Hugh Thomas, Baron Thomas of Swynnerton, and Sheila Fitzpatrick.

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Among people born in 1906, Benjamin Mazar ranks 336. Before him are Alberto Denegri, Márcio Melo, Henry Roth, Ludwig Lachmann, Sara Ashurbeyli, and Paul Winter. After him are Franco Comotti, Jean Amrouche, William Feller, Sidney Darlington, Milorad Arsenijević, and Erwin Geschonneck. Among people deceased in 1995, Benjamin Mazar ranks 265. Before him are George Rodger, Sabir Yunusov, Prawitz Öberg, David Wayne, Reinhard Furrer, and María Luisa Bemberg. After him are Sony Lab'ou Tansi, John Peters Humphrey, Edmondo Fabbri, Eeva-Liisa Manner, George W. Romney, and Robertson Davies.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Benjamin Mazar ranks 1,085 out of 1,694. Before him are Narcyza Żmichowska (1819), Curt Lowens (1925), Jadwiga Wajs (1912), Anna Grodzka (1954), Beata Poźniak (1960), and Willi Apel (1893). After him are Nathan Jacobson (1910), Grzegorz Schetyna (1963), Klaus Töpfer (1938), Karl Wilhelm Ramler (1725), Jean de Reszke (1850), and Eddi Arent (1925).

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Among HISTORIANS In Poland

Among historians born in Poland, Benjamin Mazar ranks 18. Before him are Israel Gutman (1923), Jacob Talmon (1916), Fritz Stern (1926), Jan T. Gross (1947), Franz Theodor Kugler (1808), and Albrecht Weber (1825). After him are Janusz Kurtyka (1960).

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