ANTHROPOLOGIST

John Lloyd Stephens

1805 - 1852

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John Lloyd Stephens (November 28, 1805 – October 13, 1852) was an American explorer, writer, and diplomat. He was a pivotal figure in the rediscovery of Maya civilization throughout Middle America and in the planning of the Panama railroad. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. John Lloyd Stephens is the 42nd most popular anthropologist (up from 45th in 2019), the 4,496th most popular biography from United States (down from 4,165th in 2019) and the 13th most popular American Anthropologist.

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Among ANTHROPOLOGISTS

Among anthropologists, John Lloyd Stephens ranks 42 out of 93. Before him are Pierre Clastres, Cheikh Anta Diop, Marcel Griaule, David Graeber, Mikhail Mikhaylovich Gerasimov, and Edwin H. Colbert. After him are Georges Vacher de Lapouge, Paolo Mantegazza, Lubor Niederle, Louis Dumont, Adolf Bernhard Meyer, and Ralph Linton.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1805, John Lloyd Stephens ranks 40. Before him are Eugène Schneider, Mastoureh Ardalan, Louise Bertin, Prosper Guéranger, Wilhelm von Kaulbach, and Gabriel Bibron. After him are Frederick Denison Maurice, Johann Friedrich Klotzsch, Malek Jahan Khanom, Édouard Drouyn de Lhuys, Johann Karl Rodbertus, and Anton von Schmerling. Among people deceased in 1852, John Lloyd Stephens ranks 40. Before him are Eugène Burnouf, Wilhelm Hisinger, Táhirih, Tirimüjgan Kadın, Edward Bransfield, and Achille Richard. After him are Francisco Javier Castaños, 1st Duke of Bailén, Charles Athanase Walckenaer, Bernardino Drovetti, Georg von Langsdorff, Margaret Taylor, and Prince Eduard of Saxe-Altenburg.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, John Lloyd Stephens ranks 4,496 out of 20,380. Before him are John Petrucci (1967), Jim Bridger (1804), Joe Roberts (1871), Eddie Bracken (1915), Judy Collins (1939), and Jane Kaczmarek (1955). After him are Gregory Benford (1941), David Butler (1894), Abel Ferrara (1951), Tonya Harding (1970), Stan Winston (1946), and Larry Niven (1938).

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Among ANTHROPOLOGISTS In United States

Among anthropologists born in United States, John Lloyd Stephens ranks 13. Before him are Edward T. Hall (1914), Ann Dunham (1942), Marshall Sahlins (1930), Henry Fairfield Osborn (1857), David Graeber (1961), and Edwin H. Colbert (1905). After him are Ralph Linton (1893), Gayle Rubin (1949), James C. Scott (1936), Helen Fisher (1945), Michael Harner (1929), and Madison Grant (1865).

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