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John Garstang

1876 - 1956

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John Garstang (5 May 1876 – 12 September 1956) was a British archaeologist of the Ancient Near East, especially Egypt, Sudan, Anatolia and the southern Levant. He was the younger brother of Professor Walter Garstang, FRS, a marine biologist and zoologist. Garstang is considered a pioneer in the development of scientific practices in archaeology as he kept detailed records of his excavations with extensive photographic records, which was a comparatively rare practice in early 20th-century archaeology. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. John Garstang is the 140th most popular archaeologist (up from 141st in 2019), the 5,162nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 5,061st in 2019) and the 30th most popular British Archaeologist.

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Among ARCHAEOLOGISTS

Among archaeologists, John Garstang ranks 140 out of 151. Before him are Franz Weidenreich, Meave Leakey, Jale İnan, John M. Allegro, Miroslav Verner, and Bernard Pyne Grenfell. After him are Arthur Surridge Hunt, Churchill Babington, J. P. Mallory, Robert John Braidwood, Alexey Okladnikov, and Salima Ikram.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1876, John Garstang ranks 198. Before him are Susan Glaspell, Edgar Evans, Lionel Tertis, Ralph Barton Perry, William Carr, and John August Anderson. After him are George Cloutier, James Larkin, Jānis Akuraters, John T. Dillon, Claude Buckenham, and Anna Hyatt Huntington. Among people deceased in 1956, John Garstang ranks 212. Before him are René Fernández, Hatı Çırpan, Marion Leonard, Norman Kerry, Fanny Durack, and Marie Doro. After him are Hugh Trenchard, 1st Viscount Trenchard, Alex Raymond, Bob Sweikert, Katherine MacDonald, Tom Whittaker, and Henry Stephenson.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, John Garstang ranks 5,164 out of 8,785. Before him are Wendy Smith-Sly (1959), Izaak Walton (1593), Pauline Baynes (1922), John Betjeman (1906), Dorothy E. Smith (1926), and Raymond Briggs (1934). After him are Howard Kendall (1946), Justin Hayward (1946), Peter Cook (1936), Bryan Forbes (1926), William Bell Scott (1811), and Mike Hodges (1932).

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Among ARCHAEOLOGISTS In United Kingdom

Among archaeologists born in United Kingdom, John Garstang ranks 30. Before him are John Beazley (1885), Grahame Clark (1907), James Prinsep (1799), Meave Leakey (1942), John M. Allegro (1923), and Bernard Pyne Grenfell (1869). After him are Arthur Surridge Hunt (1871), Churchill Babington (1821), Jacquetta Hawkes (1910), and Augustus Pitt Rivers (1827).

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