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Grafton Elliot Smith

1871 - 1937

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Sir Grafton Elliot Smith (15 August 1871 – 1 January 1937) was an Australian-British anatomist, Egyptologist and a proponent of the hyperdiffusionist view of prehistory. He believed in the idea that cultural innovations occur only once and that they spread geographically. Based on this, he traced the origins of many cultural and traditional practices across the world, including the New World, to ideas that he believed came from Egypt and in some instances from Asia. An expert on brain anatomy, he was one of the first to study Egyptian mummies using radiological techniques. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Grafton Elliot Smith is the 101st most popular archaeologist (up from 118th in 2019), the 212th most popular biography from Australia (up from 233rd in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Australian Archaeologist.

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Among ARCHAEOLOGISTS

Among archaeologists, Grafton Elliot Smith ranks 101 out of 151. Before him are Zsófia Torma, Paul Rivet, Jens Jacob Asmussen Worsaae, Massimo Pallottino, Dorothea Bate, and Robert T. Bakker. After him are John Marshall, Jacques-Joseph Champollion-Figeac, Henri Frankfort, John Evans, Leon Kozłowski, and E. A. Wallis Budge.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1871, Grafton Elliot Smith ranks 130. Before him are Federigo Enriques, Stijn Streuvels, Bodil Katharine Biørn, Frank Schlesinger, Constantin Argetoianu, and Lou Tseng-Tsiang. After him are Jacob Ellehammer, Dun Karm Psaila, Giovanni Giorgi, Sevasti Qiriazi, Frantz Reichel, and Harry Brearley. Among people deceased in 1937, Grafton Elliot Smith ranks 142. Before him are Juan Campisteguy, Bolesław Leśmian, Paul Bekker, Prosper Poullet, Mykola Kulish, and Mykola Zerov. After him are Magnús Guðmundsson, Felix Graf von Bothmer, Sigizmund Levanevsky, Dashdorjiin Natsagdorj, Yehuda Pen, and Madison Grant.

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In Australia

Among people born in Australia, Grafton Elliot Smith ranks 212 out of 1,143. Before him are Percy Grainger (1882), Fiona Graham (1961), Margaret Molesworth (1894), Tony Madigan (1930), Darren Cahill (1965), and David Chalmers (1966). After him are Rick Springfield (1949), Nick Winter (1894), John Devitt (1937), Ned Zelic (1971), Peter Scully (1963), and Ben Mendelsohn (1969).

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Among ARCHAEOLOGISTS In Australia

Among archaeologists born in Australia, Grafton Elliot Smith ranks 2. Before him are V. Gordon Childe (1892).

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