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James Henry Breasted

1865 - 1935

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James Henry Breasted (; August 27, 1865 – December 2, 1935) was an American archaeologist, Egyptologist, and historian. After completing his PhD at the University of Berlin in 1894 – the first American to obtain a doctorate in Egyptology – he joined the faculty of the University of Chicago. In 1901 he became director of the Haskell Oriental Museum at the university, where he continued to concentrate on Egypt. In 1905 Breasted was promoted to full professor, and held the first chair in Egyptology and Oriental History in the United States. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. James Henry Breasted is the 47th most popular archaeologist (up from 48th in 2019), the 3,765th most popular biography from United States (down from 2,939th in 2019) and the 5th most popular American Archaeologist.

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Among ARCHAEOLOGISTS

Among archaeologists, James Henry Breasted ranks 47 out of 151. Before him are Leonard Woolley, John O. Westwood, Hat Hor, Yuri Knorozov, Johan Gunnar Andersson, and Max Mallowan. After him are Johan David Åkerblad, Robert Broom, Max von Oppenheim, Gustaf Kossinna, José Bonaparte, and Marcelino Sanz de Sautuola.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1865, James Henry Breasted ranks 87. Before him are Hannah Chaplin, Isaac Israëls, Archibald Leitch, Max Nettlau, J. Walter Christie, and Anandi Gopal Joshi. After him are Epitácio Pessoa, Henri Desgrange, Eugene Botkin, Friedrich, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont, Édouard Chavannes, and Afonso, Duke of Porto. Among people deceased in 1935, James Henry Breasted ranks 68. Before him are Otto Schott, Henry Fairfield Osborn, Henri Pélissier, René Crevel, Oda Krohg, and John Jellicoe, 1st Earl Jellicoe. After him are Edoardo Agnelli, Agnes Pockels, Alexander von Linsingen, Eemil Nestor Setälä, Yusuf Akçura, and Qu Qiubai.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, James Henry Breasted ranks 3,765 out of 20,380. Before him are Charles Tilly (1929), Tico Torres (1953), David Ausubel (1918), Dove Cameron (1996), Brenda Vaccaro (1939), and Jack Kevorkian (1928). After him are The Miz (1980), Vito Acconci (1940), John Hillerman (1932), Tom Fogerty (1941), Betsy Blair (1923), and Paul Shenar (1936).

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Among ARCHAEOLOGISTS In United States

Among archaeologists born in United States, James Henry Breasted ranks 5. Before him are Edward Drinker Cope (1840), Othniel Charles Marsh (1831), George Gaylord Simpson (1902), and Robert Ballard (1942). After him are Donald Johanson (1943), Sylvanus Morley (1883), Charles W. Gilmore (1874), Edward Robinson (1794), Robert T. Bakker (1945), Stith Thompson (1885), and Lewis Binford (1932).

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