ANTHROPOLOGIST

George Murdock

1897 - 1985

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George Peter ("Pete") Murdock (May 11, 1897 – March 29, 1985), also known as G. P. Murdock, was an American anthropologist who was professor at Yale University and University of Pittsburgh. He is remembered for his empirical approach to ethnological studies and his study of family and kinship structures across differing cultures. His 1967 Ethnographic Atlas dataset on more than 1,200 pre-industrial societies is influential and frequently used in social science research. He also created the Standard Cross-Cultural Sample with Douglas R. White. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. George Murdock is the 79th most popular anthropologist (down from 66th in 2019), the 8,458th most popular biography from United States (down from 6,369th in 2019) and the 22nd most popular American Anthropologist.

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Among ANTHROPOLOGISTS

Among anthropologists, George Murdock ranks 79 out of 93. Before him are Philippe Descola, Julian Steward, Melville J. Herskovits, Hugh Falconer, Yves Coppens, and Vladimir Bogoraz. After him are Jean Malaurie, Eric Wolf, Françoise Héritier, Grete Mostny, Marcellin Boule, and Marilyn Strathern.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1897, George Murdock ranks 262. Before him are Memphis Minnie, Henri Dulieux, Ferruccio Novo, Yang Zhongjian, Theodora Kroeber, and Edward Moore. After him are Blind Willie Johnson, Juan Natalicio González, Jackson Scholz, Edwin Graves, Conrad Nagel, and Jacob Bjerknes. Among people deceased in 1985, George Murdock ranks 216. Before him are Andy Stanfield, Hilding Rosenberg, Milton H. Greene, Toni Branca, Muhammad Zafarullah Khan, and Ronnie Rooke. After him are Masten Gregory, John Holt, Maya Kristalinskaya, Abdus Sattar, Gerald Dreyer, and Miguel Otero Silva.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, George Murdock ranks 8,460 out of 20,380. Before him are William L. Marcy (1786), Julie Bowen (1970), Jared Martin (1941), June Lockhart (1925), Tom Lehrer (1928), and Mike D'Antoni (1951). After him are Andrew Cuomo (1957), Frank Hussey (1905), Darryl Jones (1961), Kenny Drew (1928), Marshall Applewhite (1931), and Terry Kinney (1954).

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Among ANTHROPOLOGISTS In United States

Among anthropologists born in United States, George Murdock ranks 22. Before him are James C. Scott (1936), Helen Fisher (1945), Michael Harner (1929), Madison Grant (1865), Julian Steward (1902), and Melville J. Herskovits (1895). After him are Carleton S. Coon (1904), Napoleon Chagnon (1938), Eugenie Scott (1945), and John Tooby (1952).

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