ARCHAEOLOGIST

George Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon

1866 - 1923

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George Edward Stanhope Molyneux Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon, (26 June 1866 – 5 April 1923), styled Lord Porchester until 1890, was an English peer and aristocrat best known as the financial backer of the search for and excavation of Tutankhamun's tomb in the Valley of the Kings. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. George Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon is the 22nd most popular archaeologist (down from 16th in 2019), the 1,082nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 805th in 2019) and the 5th most popular British Archaeologist.

George Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon is most famous for being the financial backer of the excavation of Tutankhamun's tomb.

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Among ARCHAEOLOGISTS

Among archaeologists, George Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon ranks 22 out of 151. Before him are George Smith, Aurel Stein, Ciriaco de' Pizzicolli, Alcide d'Orbigny, Zahi Hawass, and Karl Richard Lepsius. After him are Oscar Montelius, Khaemweset, Louis Leakey, Austen Henry Layard, Flinders Petrie, and Othniel Charles Marsh.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1866, George Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon ranks 32. Before him are Butch Cassidy, Mykhailo Hrushevsky, Archduke Franz Salvator of Austria, Mahboob Ali Khan, August von Wassermann, and Emilio De Bono. After him are Leopold Mandić, Princess Milica of Montenegro, Enrique Simonet, Grand Duke Alexander Mikhailovich of Russia, Princess Irene of Hesse and by Rhine, and Jeppe Aakjær. Among people deceased in 1923, George Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon ranks 31. Before him are Katherine Mansfield, Edith Södergran, Raymond Radiguet, Milena Vukotić, Charles Proteus Steinmetz, and Ferdinand Walsin Esterhazy. After him are Max Nordau, Ernst Troeltsch, Maurice Barrès, Aleksandar Stamboliyski, Théophile Steinlen, and Hovhannes Tumanyan.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, George Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon ranks 1,082 out of 8,785. Before him are Roger Scruton (1944), Slash (1965), Peter Tait (1831), Thomas Cavendish (1560), Anne of York (1475), and Keith Moon (1946). After him are Colin Baker (1943), Pete Townshend (1945), Alasdair MacIntyre (1929), Edward Burne-Jones (1833), Joseph Banks (1743), and Jacqueline du Pré (1945).

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Among ARCHAEOLOGISTS In United Kingdom

Among archaeologists born in United Kingdom, George Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon ranks 5. Before him are Howard Carter (1874), Arthur Evans (1851), Colin Renfrew (1937), and George Smith (1840). After him are Flinders Petrie (1853), John Lubbock, 1st Baron Avebury (1834), Leonard Woolley (1880), John O. Westwood (1805), Max Mallowan (1904), Robert Broom (1866), and Colin Groves (1942).

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