ANTHROPOLOGIST

Edwin H. Colbert

1905 - 2001

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Edwin Harris "Ned" Colbert (September 28, 1905 – November 15, 2001) was a distinguished American vertebrate paleontologist and prolific researcher and author. Born in Clarinda, Iowa, he grew up in Maryville, Missouri and graduated from Maryville High School. He received his A.B. from the University of Nebraska, then his Masters and Ph.D. from Columbia University, finishing in 1935. He married Margaret Matthew, daughter of the eminent paleontologist William Diller Matthew, in 1933. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Edwin H. Colbert is the 41st most popular anthropologist (up from 89th in 2019), the 4,255th most popular biography from United States (up from 11,362nd in 2019) and the 12th most popular American Anthropologist.

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Among ANTHROPOLOGISTS

Among anthropologists, Edwin H. Colbert ranks 41 out of 93. Before him are Franco Basaglia, Pierre Clastres, Cheikh Anta Diop, Marcel Griaule, David Graeber, and Mikhail Mikhaylovich Gerasimov. After him are John Lloyd Stephens, Georges Vacher de Lapouge, Paolo Mantegazza, Lubor Niederle, Louis Dumont, and Adolf Bernhard Meyer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1905, Edwin H. Colbert ranks 152. Before him are Robert Donat, Louis Rosier, Henry Koster, Grigori Kozintsev, Nobuhito, Prince Takamatsu, and Mariya Oktyabrskaya. After him are Zdeněk Burian, Mildred Natwick, Joan Coromines, Pierre Brasseur, Harry Harlow, and Étienne Mattler. Among people deceased in 2001, Edwin H. Colbert ranks 123. Before him are Beate Uhse-Rotermund, Aaliyah, Alexei Tupolev, Barend Biesheuvel, Beatrice Straight, and Josef Klaus. After him are Jason Miller, Betty Everett, Marta Hillers, Jelle Zijlstra, Ziad Jarrah, and Burt Kennedy.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Edwin H. Colbert ranks 4,255 out of 20,380. Before him are Buddy Guy (1936), Vincent Pastore (1946), Peter T. King (1944), Virginia Madsen (1961), Billie Joe Armstrong (1972), and Betsy Ross (1752). After him are Wally Ris (1924), Jill Kelly (1971), Mickey Spillane (1918), Maurice McLoughlin (1890), John C. Reilly (1965), and Carmen Electra (1972).

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Among ANTHROPOLOGISTS In United States

Among anthropologists born in United States, Edwin H. Colbert ranks 12. Before him are Marvin Harris (1927), Edward T. Hall (1914), Ann Dunham (1942), Marshall Sahlins (1930), Henry Fairfield Osborn (1857), and David Graeber (1961). After him are John Lloyd Stephens (1805), Ralph Linton (1893), Gayle Rubin (1949), James C. Scott (1936), Helen Fisher (1945), and Michael Harner (1929).

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