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Davidson Black

1884 - 1934

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Davidson Black, (July 25, 1884 – March 15, 1934) was a Canadian paleoanthropologist, best known for his naming of Sinanthropus pekinensis (now Homo erectus pekinensis). He was Chairman of the Geological Survey of China and a Fellow of the Royal Society. He was known as 步達生 (pinyin: Bù Dáshēng) in China. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Davidson Black is the 114th most popular archaeologist (up from 132nd in 2019), the 441st most popular biography from Canada (up from 508th in 2019) and the most popular Canadian Archaeologist.

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Among ARCHAEOLOGISTS

Among archaeologists, Davidson Black ranks 114 out of 151. Before him are Akurgal, Mortimer Wheeler, Phillip V. Tobias, Stith Thompson, José Leite de Vasconcelos, and Désiré Charnay. After him are Lewis Binford, Blaga Aleksova, Carl Blegen, Zakaria Goneim, Michael D. Coe, and Julio C. Tello.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1884, Davidson Black ranks 205. Before him are Gaston Aumoitte, Jakub Szynkiewicz, Claes Johanson, Axel Norling, Albert Londres, and Lyda Borelli. After him are Rodney Heath, George Underwood, Samuel Berger, Kurt Behrens, Carl Osburn, and Sergey Gorodetsky. Among people deceased in 1934, Davidson Black ranks 138. Before him are Manuel Márquez Sterling, Mikhail Matyushin, Paul Henri Lecomte, Claudio Williman, Cecilia Grierson, and Andrés Héctor Carvallo. After him are Jiro Sato, John Brinck, Wallace Fard Muhammad, Horace Lamb, Hélène Boucher, and Cass Gilbert.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Davidson Black ranks 441 out of 1,622. Before him are Michael Sarrazin (1940), Robert Pickton (1949), Heather Menzies (1949), JR Bourne (1970), Seth Rogen (1982), and Test (1975). After him are Jacques Parizeau (1930), Kevin Durand (1974), Tamara Taylor (1970), Wilfred Lucas (1871), Hilda Cameron (1912), and Richard Williams (1933).

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Among ARCHAEOLOGISTS In Canada

Among archaeologists born in Canada, Davidson Black ranks 1. 

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