ANTHROPOLOGIST

Helen Fisher

1945 - 2024

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Helen Elizabeth Fisher (May 31, 1945 – August 17, 2024) was an American anthropologist, human behaviour researcher, and self-help author. She was a biological anthropologist, a senior research fellow at The Kinsey Institute of Indiana University, and a member of the Center For Human Evolutionary Studies in the Department of Anthropology at Rutgers University. Prior to Rutgers University, she was a research associate at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City. Fisher said that when she began researching for her dissertation, she considered the one thing all humans have in common – their reproductive strategies. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Helen Fisher is the 70th most popular anthropologist (down from 51st in 2019), the 7,307th most popular biography from United States (down from 4,827th in 2019) and the 17th most popular American Anthropologist.

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Among ANTHROPOLOGISTS

Among anthropologists, Helen Fisher ranks 70 out of 93. Before her are Raymond Firth, Fiona Graham, Julio Caro Baroja, Ashley Montagu, Jack Goody, and Dmitry Anuchin. After her are Michael Harner, Madison Grant, Philippe Descola, Julian Steward, Melville J. Herskovits, and Hugh Falconer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1945, Helen Fisher ranks 438. Before her are Michael Cristofer, Virginia Wade, Anna Enquist, Gennady Burbulis, Giuseppe Wilson, and Saharon Shelah. After her are Mohammed El Filali, Henrik Nordbrandt, Tony Kaye, Portia Simpson-Miller, Mario Livio, and Leslie West. Among people deceased in 2024, Helen Fisher ranks 353. Before her are Shyam Benegal, Ștefan Birtalan, Andrew Davis, Liang Guanglie, Earl Holliman, and Serge Vohor. After her are Hugo Villanueva, Imerio Massignan, Jean-Claude Gaudin, James Darren, Hama Amadou, and Toini Pöysti.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Helen Fisher ranks 7,309 out of 20,380. Before her are Taylor Hawkins (1972), Stephen Hopkins (1707), Jennifer Taylor (1972), Manny Ayulo (1921), Campbell Scott (1961), and William Henry Vanderbilt (1821). After her are Kenneth H. Cooper (1931), Wynton Kelly (1931), Sgt. Slaughter (1948), George Mason (1725), James Workman (1908), and Harold Becker (1928).

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Among ANTHROPOLOGISTS In United States

Among anthropologists born in United States, Helen Fisher ranks 17. Before her are David Graeber (1961), Edwin H. Colbert (1905), John Lloyd Stephens (1805), Ralph Linton (1893), Gayle Rubin (1949), and James C. Scott (1936). After her are Michael Harner (1929), Madison Grant (1865), Julian Steward (1902), Melville J. Herskovits (1895), George Murdock (1897), and Carleton S. Coon (1904).

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