ANTHROPOLOGIST

Johann Carl Fuhlrott

1803 - 1877

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Johann Carl Fuhlrott (31 December 1803, Leinefelde, Germany – 17 October 1877, Wuppertal) was an early German paleoanthropologist. He is famous for recognizing the significance of the bones of Neanderthal 1, a Neanderthal specimen discovered by German laborers who were digging for limestone in Neander valley (Neanderthal in German) in August 1856. Originally disregarded, Fuhlrott, to his eternal credit, had the insight to recognize them for what they were: the remains of a previously unknown type of human. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Johann Carl Fuhlrott is the 53rd most popular anthropologist (up from 63rd in 2019), the 3,930th most popular biography from Germany (up from 4,390th in 2019) and the 6th most popular German Anthropologist.

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Among ANTHROPOLOGISTS

Among anthropologists, Johann Carl Fuhlrott ranks 53 out of 93. Before him are Adolf Bernhard Meyer, Ralph Linton, Edmund Leach, Alfred Sauvy, Bengt Danielsson, and Gilberto Freyre. After him are Maurice Godelier, Fei Xiaotong, Bill Mollison, Aleš Hrdlička, Arjun Appadurai, and Gayle Rubin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1803, Johann Carl Fuhlrott ranks 55. Before him are Albert Küchler, James Challis, Johann Jakob Kaup, Juan Almonte, Bernardo Berro, and Joseph Whitworth. After him are Martinus Rørbye, Dimitrios Voulgaris, William Thoms, Yevfimiy Putyatin, Gottfried Ludolf Camphausen, and Miles Joseph Berkeley. Among people deceased in 1877, Johann Carl Fuhlrott ranks 48. Before him are Joseph Bienaimé Caventou, Nikolay Ogarev, Alexander Bain, Julius Rietz, Duke Eugen of Württemberg, and Wilhelm Hofmeister. After him are Janko Matúška, Robert Swinhoe, Georg Adolf Erman, Wilhelm Emmanuel von Ketteler, Karel Sabina, and Caroline Unger.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Johann Carl Fuhlrott ranks 3,932 out of 7,253. Before him are Friedrich Wilhelm, Count Brandenburg (1792), Erich Ollenhauer (1901), Prince August of Württemberg (1813), Leopold Zunz (1794), Hans Furler (1904), and Friedrich Silcher (1789). After him are Virgil Solis (1514), Ruth Pfau (1929), Princess Antoinette of Saxe-Altenburg (1838), Joachim Camerarius (1500), Alexander Karl, Duke of Anhalt-Bernburg (1805), and Mato Kósyk (1853).

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Among ANTHROPOLOGISTS In Germany

Among anthropologists born in Germany, Johann Carl Fuhlrott ranks 6. Before him are Franz Boas (1858), Birutė Galdikas (1946), Wilhelm Schmidt (1868), Fredrik Barth (1928), and Adolf Bernhard Meyer (1840). After him are Jean Malaurie (1922).

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