ANTHROPOLOGIST

Edward Burnett Tylor

1832 - 1917

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Sir Edward Burnett Tylor (2 October 1832 – 2 January 1917) was an English anthropologist, and professor of anthropology. Tylor's ideas typify 19th-century cultural evolutionism. In his works Primitive Culture (1871) and Anthropology (1881), he defined the context of the scientific study of anthropology, based on the evolutionary theories of Charles Lyell. He believed that there was a functional basis for the development of society and religion, which he determined was universal. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Edward Burnett Tylor is the 5th most popular anthropologist, the 413th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 301st in 2019) and the 3rd most popular British Anthropologist.

Edward Burnet Tylor is most famous for his theory of animism, which is the belief that all objects and animals have souls.

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Among ANTHROPOLOGISTS

Among anthropologists, Edward Burnett Tylor ranks 5 out of 93. Before him are Claude Lévi-Strauss, Bronisław Malinowski, Jane Goodall, and James George Frazer. After him are Lewis H. Morgan, A. L. Kroeber, Margaret Mead, Ruth Benedict, Franz Boas, Paul Broca, and Gregory Bateson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1832, Edward Burnett Tylor ranks 11. Before him are Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson, Wilhelm Wundt, Lewis Carroll, Nikolaus Otto, Gustave Doré, and José Echegaray. After him are Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld, William Crookes, Ivan Shishkin, Ármin Vámbéry, Horatio Alger, and Andrew Dickson White. Among people deceased in 1917, Edward Burnett Tylor ranks 13. Before him are Liliʻuokalani, Eduard Buchner, Adolf von Baeyer, Ferdinand von Zeppelin, Emil von Behring, and Emil Theodor Kocher. After him are Buffalo Bill, Franz Brentano, Dragutin Dimitrijević, John William Waterhouse, Ludwig Minkus, and Mackenzie Bowell.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Edward Burnett Tylor ranks 413 out of 8,785. Before him are Nigel Farage (1964), Alfred North Whitehead (1861), John Hawkins (1532), John of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Bedford (1389), John Hurt (1940), and Harthacnut (1018). After him are Liz Truss (1975), William Lassell (1799), Andrew Carnegie (1835), Philip Larkin (1922), Thomas De Quincey (1785), and Margaret Tudor (1489).

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Among ANTHROPOLOGISTS In United Kingdom

Among anthropologists born in United Kingdom, Edward Burnett Tylor ranks 3. Before him are Jane Goodall (1934), and James George Frazer (1854). After him are Gregory Bateson (1904), Alfred Radcliffe-Brown (1881), E. E. Evans-Pritchard (1902), Mary Leakey (1913), Victor Turner (1920), Edmund Leach (1910), Ashley Montagu (1905), Jack Goody (1919), and Hugh Falconer (1808).

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