ANTHROPOLOGIST

Jacques de Morgan

1857 - 1924

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Jean-Jacques de Morgan (3 June 1857 – 14 June 1924) was a French mining engineer, geologist, and archaeologist. He was the director of antiquities in Egypt during the 19th century, and excavated in Memphis and Dahshur, providing many drawings of many Egyptian pyramids. He also worked at Stonehenge, and Persepolis, and many other sites. He also went to Russian Armenia, as manager of a copper mine at Akhtala. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jacques de Morgan is the 27th most popular anthropologist (down from 26th in 2019), the 2,128th most popular biography from France (up from 2,300th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular French Anthropologist.

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Among ANTHROPOLOGISTS

Among anthropologists, Jacques de Morgan ranks 27 out of 93. Before him are Victor Turner, Wilhelm Schmidt, Marvin Harris, Raymond Dart, Andrey Korotayev, and Edward T. Hall. After him are Ann Dunham, Marshall Sahlins, Marc Augé, Fredrik Barth, Richard Leakey, and Samuel Thomas von Sömmerring.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1857, Jacques de Morgan ranks 55. Before him are Theodor Escherich, Theodor Kittelsen, Cyril Genik, Frederick II, Grand Duke of Baden, Le Pétomane, and Juan Vicente Gómez. After him are Luigi Illica, Ayub Khan, Émile Coué, Hermann Sudermann, Alfred Loisy, and Duke John Albert of Mecklenburg. Among people deceased in 1924, Jacques de Morgan ranks 39. Before him are Fernand Cormon, Ziya Gökalp, Franz von Bayros, Arne Garborg, Théodore Dubois, and Valery Bryusov. After him are Roland Bonaparte, Hermann Kövess von Kövessháza, Aleksa Šantić, Matsukata Masayoshi, Louis Delluc, and Eugenius Warming.

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In France

Among people born in France, Jacques de Morgan ranks 2,128 out of 6,770. Before him are Pierre Joseph Pelletier (1788), Jeanne Lanvin (1867), Alan Stivell (1944), Barthélemy Catherine Joubert (1769), Ravachol (1859), and Jean-Marie Loret (1918). After him are Jehanne D'Alcy (1865), Elisabeth Therese of Lorraine (1711), William de Longchamp (1101), Jean Françaix (1912), Alexandre Astruc (1923), and Jacques Cathelineau (1759).

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Among ANTHROPOLOGISTS In France

Among anthropologists born in France, Jacques de Morgan ranks 2. Before him are Paul Broca (1824). After him are Marc Augé (1935), Pierre Clastres (1934), Marcel Griaule (1898), Georges Vacher de Lapouge (1854), Alfred Sauvy (1898), Maurice Godelier (1934), Georges Balandier (1920), Philippe Descola (1949), Yves Coppens (1934), and Françoise Héritier (1933).

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