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James George Frazer

1854 - 1941

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Sir James George Frazer (; 1 January 1854 – 7 May 1941) was a Scottish social anthropologist and folklorist influential in the early stages of the modern studies of mythology and comparative religion. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. James George Frazer is the 4th most popular anthropologist (down from 3rd in 2019), the 383rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 265th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular British Anthropologist.

James George Frazer was a Scottish anthropologist and folklorist. He is most famous for his work The Golden Bough, a study of comparative religion and magic.

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Among ANTHROPOLOGISTS

Among anthropologists, James George Frazer ranks 4 out of 93. Before him are Claude Lévi-Strauss, Bronisław Malinowski, and Jane Goodall. After him are Edward Burnett Tylor, Lewis H. Morgan, A. L. Kroeber, Margaret Mead, Ruth Benedict, Franz Boas, Paul Broca, and Gregory Bateson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1854, James George Frazer ranks 12. Before him are Leoš Janáček, Paul Ehrlich, Henri La Fontaine, Paul Sabatier, Emil von Behring, and Karl Kautsky. After him are George Eastman, Milan I of Serbia, Johannes Rydberg, Engelbert Humperdinck, Hertha Ayrton, and Paul von Rennenkampf. Among people deceased in 1941, James George Frazer ranks 15. Before him are Emanuel Lasker, Maurice Leblanc, Maximilian Kolbe, Paul Sabatier, Émile Bernard, and Arthur Evans. After him are Robert Delaunay, Ioannis Metaxas, El Lissitzky, Ignacy Jan Paderewski, Marina Tsvetaeva, and Émile Picard.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, James George Frazer ranks 383 out of 8,785. Before him are Alec Guinness (1914), David Lloyd George (1863), Arthur Evans (1851), Robert Fripp (1946), Roger Penrose (1931), and William Wordsworth (1770). After him are Saint Walpurga (710), Clement Attlee (1883), Francis Galton (1822), Frederic Leighton (1830), David Prowse (1935), and Graham Greene (1904).

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Among ANTHROPOLOGISTS In United Kingdom

Among anthropologists born in United Kingdom, James George Frazer ranks 2. Before him are Jane Goodall (1934). After him are Edward Burnett Tylor (1832), Gregory Bateson (1904), Alfred Radcliffe-Brown (1881), E. E. Evans-Pritchard (1902), Mary Leakey (1913), Victor Turner (1920), Edmund Leach (1910), Ashley Montagu (1905), Jack Goody (1919), and Hugh Falconer (1808).

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