ARCHAEOLOGIST

George Smith

1840 - 1876

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George Smith (26 March 1840 – 19 August 1876) was a pioneering English Assyriologist who first discovered and translated the Epic of Gilgamesh, one of the oldest-known written works of literature. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. George Smith is the 16th most popular archaeologist (up from 36th in 2019), the 923rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 1,490th in 2019) and the 4th most popular British Archaeologist.

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Among ARCHAEOLOGISTS

Among archaeologists, George Smith ranks 16 out of 151. Before him are Semerkhet, Marija Gimbutas, Johann Friedrich Blumenbach, Nynetjer, V. Gordon Childe, and Isdal Woman. After him are Aurel Stein, Ciriaco de' Pizzicolli, Alcide d'Orbigny, Zahi Hawass, Karl Richard Lepsius, and George Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1840, George Smith ranks 21. Before him are Father Damien, John Boyd Dunlop, August Bebel, Crazy Horse, Richard von Krafft-Ebing, and Johann II, Prince of Liechtenstein. After him are Hans Makart, Alfred Thayer Mahan, Giovanni Verga, Johan Svendsen, Per Teodor Cleve, and Princess Margaretha of Saxony. Among people deceased in 1876, George Smith ranks 14. Before him are Josephine of Leuchtenberg, Truganini, Catherine Labouré, Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg, Ildefons Cerdà, and Marie d'Agoult. After him are Antoine Jérôme Balard, Hristo Botev, Maria Vittoria dal Pozzo, František Palacký, Narcisse Virgilio Díaz, and Francesco Maria Piave.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, George Smith ranks 923 out of 8,785. Before him are Philip Pullman (1946), Henry Grey, 1st Duke of Suffolk (1517), David A. Stewart (1952), George Gissing (1857), Ronnie Wood (1947), and Prince George, Duke of Kent (1902). After him are David Coverdale (1951), Charles Wheatstone (1802), William Wilberforce (1759), Kenny Dalglish (1951), Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany (1853), and Henry Walter Bates (1825).

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Among ARCHAEOLOGISTS In United Kingdom

Among archaeologists born in United Kingdom, George Smith ranks 4. Before him are Howard Carter (1874), Arthur Evans (1851), and Colin Renfrew (1937). After him are George Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon (1866), 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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