ANTHROPOLOGIST

Birutė Galdikas

1946 - Today

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Birutė Marija Filomena Galdikas or Birutė Mary Galdikas, OC (born 10 May 1946), is a Lithuanian-Canadian anthropologist, primatologist, conservationist, ethologist, and author. She is a professor at Simon Fraser University. In the field of primatology, Galdikas is recognized as a leading authority on orangutans. Prior to her field study of orangutans, scientists knew little about the species. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Birutė Galdikas is the 15th most popular anthropologist (up from 46th in 2019), the 883rd most popular biography from Germany (up from 3,446th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular German Anthropologist.

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Among ANTHROPOLOGISTS

Among anthropologists, Birutė Galdikas ranks 15 out of 93. Before her are Ruth Benedict, Franz Boas, Paul Broca, Gregory Bateson, Clifford Geertz, and Eugène Dubois. After her are Knud Rasmussen, Alfred Radcliffe-Brown, E. E. Evans-Pritchard, Mary Leakey, Mary Douglas, and Victor Turner.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1946, Birutė Galdikas ranks 95. Before her are Xanana Gusmão, Daniel Goleman, Chris Slade, Julian Barnes, Gilbert O'Sullivan, and Gerard 't Hooft. After her are John C. Mather, Ahmed Zewail, Brian Cox, Catharine MacKinnon, Daniel Libeskind, and Frank Marshall.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Birutė Galdikas ranks 883 out of 7,253. Before her are Thietmar of Merseburg (975), Saloninus (242), William IV, Duke of Bavaria (1493), Margot Frank (1926), Carl Reinecke (1824), and Engelbert Humperdinck (1854). After her are Walther Wenck (1900), Alfred Hugenberg (1865), Fritz Perls (1893), Johann Christoph Adelung (1732), William Stern (1871), and Kurt Zeitzler (1895).

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Among ANTHROPOLOGISTS In Germany

Among anthropologists born in Germany, Birutė Galdikas ranks 2. Before her are Franz Boas (1858). After her are Wilhelm Schmidt (1868), Fredrik Barth (1928), Adolf Bernhard Meyer (1840), Johann Carl Fuhlrott (1803), and Jean Malaurie (1922).

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