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Edward Robinson

1794 - 1863

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Edward Robinson (April 10, 1794 – January 27, 1863) was an American biblical scholar known for his magnum opus, Biblical Researches in Palestine, the first major work in biblical geography and biblical archaeology, which earned him the epithets "Father of Biblical Geography" and "Founder of Modern Palestinology." He studied in the United States and Germany, centers of biblical scholarship and exploration of the Bible as history. He translated scriptural works from classical languages as well as German translations. His Greek and English Lexicon of the New Testament (1836; last revision, 1850) became a standard authority in the United States and was reprinted several times in Great Britain. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Edward Robinson is the 85th most popular archaeologist (up from 92nd in 2019), the 6,040th most popular biography from United States (up from 6,140th in 2019) and the 9th most popular American Archaeologist.

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Among ARCHAEOLOGISTS

Among archaeologists, Edward Robinson ranks 85 out of 151. Before him are Halet Çambel, Charles W. Gilmore, William F. Albright, Jean-François Séguier, Joseph Orbeli, and Hugo Winckler. After him are Kathleen Kenyon, Ernst Herzfeld, Pierre Montet, Israel Finkelstein, Anne Stine Ingstad, and Ernesto Schiaparelli.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1794, Edward Robinson ranks 54. Before him are Leopold Zunz, Antoine Bussy, Heinz Christian Pander, Gerrit Schimmelpenninck, Diederich Franz Leonhard von Schlechtendal, and Christian Albrecht Bluhme. After him are Carl Joseph Begas, John Biscoe, Sabin Berthelot, Edward Everett, Prince Frederick of Prussia, and Karl Julius Perleb. Among people deceased in 1863, Edward Robinson ranks 41. Before him are Alexander Karl, Duke of Anhalt-Bernburg, Ludwig Emil Grimm, Robert Gould Shaw, Nikolai Turczaninow, Gerrit Schimmelpenninck, and James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin. After him are Jane Pierce, Prince Frederick of Prussia, Josephine Kablick, Johann Wilhelm Schirmer, Alfred Moquin-Tandon, and Andrei Mureșanu.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Edward Robinson ranks 6,040 out of 20,380. Before him are Mark Damon (1933), Suge Knight (1965), Nat Turner (1800), Louis Bromfield (1896), Vanilla Ice (1967), and Dean Phillips (1969). After him are Terrence Howard (1969), Nicole Scherzinger (1978), William Gilmore (1895), Susan George (1934), Joshua Angrist (1960), and Sandy Martin (1949).

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Among ARCHAEOLOGISTS In United States

Among archaeologists born in United States, Edward Robinson ranks 9. Before him are George Gaylord Simpson (1902), Robert Ballard (1942), James Henry Breasted (1865), Donald Johanson (1943), Sylvanus Morley (1883), and Charles W. Gilmore (1874). After him are Robert T. Bakker (1945), Stith Thompson (1885), Lewis Binford (1932), Carl Blegen (1887), Michael D. Coe (1929), and Nancy Dupree (1927).

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