ARCHAEOLOGIST

Johan Gunnar Andersson

1874 - 1960

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Johan Gunnar Andersson (3 July 1874 – 29 October 1960) was a Swedish archaeologist, geomorphologist, and paleontologist who was closely associated with the beginnings of Chinese archaeology in the 1920s. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Johan Gunnar Andersson is the 45th most popular archaeologist (up from 54th in 2019), the 344th most popular biography from Sweden (up from 408th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Swedish Archaeologist.

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Among ARCHAEOLOGISTS

Among archaeologists, Johan Gunnar Andersson ranks 45 out of 151Before him are Henri Breuil, Paul-Émile Botta, Leonard Woolley, John O. Westwood, Hat Hor, and Yuri Knorozov. After him are Max Mallowan, James Henry Breasted, Johan David Åkerblad, Robert Broom, Max von Oppenheim, and Gustaf Kossinna.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1874, Johan Gunnar Andersson ranks 81Before him are Isaac Carasso, Avgustyn Voloshyn, Nicola Canali, Paul Wegener, Lewis Hine, and Max Dvořák. After him are Joseph Klausner, Huang Xing, Nikolai Korotkov, Oskar Nedbal, Viggo Jensen, and Princess Anna of Montenegro. Among people deceased in 1960, Johan Gunnar Andersson ranks 71Before him are The Great Gama, Hans Wilsdorf, Leonard Woolley, Georges Claude, Prince Ferdinand Pius, Duke of Calabria, and Carlos Ibáñez del Campo. After him are Abdul Rahman of Negeri Sembilan, Noël Bas, Jules Supervielle, Henny Porten, Princess Xenia of Montenegro, and Sibilla Aleramo.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Johan Gunnar Andersson ranks 344 out of 1,879Before him are Magnus Stenbock (1664), Gustav Cassel (1866), Jan Troell (1931), Sophie Adlersparre (1823), Allan Edwall (1924), and Amalia Lindegren (1814). After him are Rogvolod (901), Wilhelm Stenhammar (1871), Henrik Sjöberg (1875), Evert Taube (1890), Ulf Stark (1944), and Carl Jakob Sundevall (1801).

Among ARCHAEOLOGISTS In Sweden

Among archaeologists born in Sweden, Johan Gunnar Andersson ranks 2Before him are Oscar Montelius (1843). After him are Johan David Åkerblad (1763), and Sven Nilsson (1787).