ARCHAEOLOGIST

Ekrem Akurgal

1911 - 2002

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Ekrem Akurgal (March 30, 1911 – November 1, 2002) was a Turkish archaeologist. During a career that spanned more than fifty years, he conducted definitive research in several sites along the western coast of Anatolia such as Phokaia (Foça), Pitane (Çandarlı), Erythrai (Ildırı) and old Smyrna (Bayraklı höyük, the original site of the city of Smyrna before the city's move to another spot across the Gulf of İzmir). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ekrem Akurgal is the 123rd most popular archaeologist (down from 115th in 2019). (down from 4,124th in 2019)

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Among archaeologists, Ekrem Akurgal ranks 123 out of 151. Before him are Carl Blegen, Zakaria Goneim, Michael D. Coe, Julio C. Tello, James Mellaart, and Charles Dawson. After him are Ivan Borkovský, Nancy Dupree, Klaus Schmidt, John Beazley, Karel Absolon, and Muhibbe Darga.

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Among people born in 1911, Ekrem Akurgal ranks 327. Before him are Basil Dearden, Imre Rajczy, Leonard Warren, George Szekeres, Anatol Rapoport, and Eduard Kainberger. After him are Sufia Kamal, Arvid Thörn, Millosh Gjergj Nikolla, Näcip Cihanov, Gilles Grangier, and Gypsy Rose Lee. Among people deceased in 2002, Ekrem Akurgal ranks 267. Before him are Hellmuth Marx, Chaim Potok, Mikayil Abdullayev, Anatoli Bashashkin, David Todd Wilkinson, and Mariya Smirnova. After him are Mikhail Krug, Neal E. Miller, Lonnie Donegan, John Gorton, Walter Winterbottom, and Peter R. Hunt.

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