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Carl Blegen

1887 - 1971

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Carl William Blegen (January 27, 1887 – August 24, 1971) was an American archaeologist who worked at the site of Pylos in Greece and Troy in modern-day Turkey. He directed the University of Cincinnati excavations of the mound of Hisarlik, the site of Troy, from 1932 to 1938. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Carl Blegen is the 117th most popular archaeologist (up from 120th in 2019), the 8,104th most popular biography from United States (down from 7,842nd in 2019) and the 13th most popular American Archaeologist.

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Among ARCHAEOLOGISTS

Among archaeologists, Carl Blegen ranks 117 out of 151. Before him are Stith Thompson, José Leite de Vasconcelos, Désiré Charnay, Davidson Black, Lewis Binford, and Blaga Aleksova. After him are Zakaria Goneim, Michael D. Coe, Julio C. Tello, James Mellaart, Charles Dawson, and Ekrem Akurgal.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1887, Carl Blegen ranks 236. Before him are Albert Paris Gütersloh, Edith Sitwell, Olga Oelkers, Walter Johnson, Friedrich Gogarten, and Sid Kimpton. After him are Benjamin Glazer, Ivan Kavaleridze, Kate Gillou, Arvo Ylppö, Arne Halse, and Karl Johan Svensson. Among people deceased in 1971, Carl Blegen ranks 191. Before him are Edward Andrade, Nikola Kotkov, Emerich Vogl, Michael Rennie, Gerhard von Rad, and Hjalmar Andersson. After him are Joseph Pletincx, Hank Mann, Georgy Babakin, Bebe Daniels, Billy Gilbert, and Werner Peters.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Carl Blegen ranks 8,106 out of 20,380. Before him are Eric Winter (1976), Richard Benjamin (1938), John Antoine Nau (1860), Blair Brown (1946), Abraham Flexner (1866), and Cytherea (1981). After him are Donna Mills (1940), Denise Crosby (1957), Wings Hauser (1947), Kenny Barron (1943), Butterfly McQueen (1911), and Mary L. Cleave (1947).

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Among ARCHAEOLOGISTS In United States

Among archaeologists born in United States, Carl Blegen ranks 13. Before him are Sylvanus Morley (1883), Charles W. Gilmore (1874), Edward Robinson (1794), Robert T. Bakker (1945), Stith Thompson (1885), and Lewis Binford (1932). After him are Michael D. Coe (1929), Nancy Dupree (1927), J. P. Mallory (1945), Robert John Braidwood (1907), and William G. Dever (1933).

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