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Gilberto Freyre

1900 - 1987

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Gilberto de Mello Freyre (March 15, 1900 – July 18, 1987) was a Brazilian sociologist, anthropologist, historian, writer, painter, journalist and congressman born in Recife. Considered one of the most important sociologists of the 20th century, his best-known work is a sociological treatise named Casa-Grande & Senzala (literally, "The main house and the slave quarters", usually translated into English as The Masters and the Slaves). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Gilberto Freyre is the 52nd most popular anthropologist (down from 49th in 2019), the 399th most popular biography from Brazil (down from 352nd in 2019) and the most popular Brazilian Anthropologist.

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Among ANTHROPOLOGISTS

Among anthropologists, Gilberto Freyre ranks 52 out of 93. Before him are Louis Dumont, Adolf Bernhard Meyer, Ralph Linton, Edmund Leach, Alfred Sauvy, and Bengt Danielsson. After him are Johann Carl Fuhlrott, Maurice Godelier, Fei Xiaotong, Bill Mollison, Aleš Hrdlička, and Arjun Appadurai.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1900, Gilberto Freyre ranks 192. Before him are Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt, Panagiotis Pavlidis, Mikhail Isakovsky, Halina Konopacka, Dumarsais Estimé, and Jiří Wolker. After him are Bruno Apitz, George Calnan, Haskell Curry, Ioannis Andreou, Helen Morgan, and René Guillot. Among people deceased in 1987, Gilberto Freyre ranks 138. Before him are Aldo Boffi, Ivo Lapenna, Arkady Raikin, Charles Malik, Norman McLaren, and Viktor Nekrasov. After him are Kristjan Palusalu, Jaroslav Bouček, Gerald Moore, Gustav Knuth, M. G. Ramachandran, and Antonio Sastre.

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In Brazil

Among people born in Brazil, Gilberto Freyre ranks 399 out of 2,236. Before him are Camargo Guarnieri (1907), Adoniran Barbosa (1910), Éder Aleixo de Assis (1957), Amaral (1954), Maria Quitéria (1792), and Amílcar Barbuy (1893). After him are Lui Morais (1961), Luís Pereira (1949), Roberto Azevêdo (1957), Paulo Autuori (1956), Ary Barroso (1903), and Paulo César Carpegiani (1949).

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Among ANTHROPOLOGISTS In Brazil

Among anthropologists born in Brazil, Gilberto Freyre ranks 1. 

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