ARCHAEOLOGIST

José Leite de Vasconcelos

1858 - 1941

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José Leite de Vasconcelos Cardoso Pereira de Melo (7 July 1858 – 17 May 1941), known as simply Leite de Vasconcelos, was a Portuguese ethnographer, archaeologist and prolific author who wrote extensively on Portuguese philology and prehistory. He was the founder and the first director of the Portuguese National Museum of Archaeology. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. José Leite de Vasconcelos is the 112th most popular archaeologist (up from 129th in 2019), the 359th most popular biography from Portugal (up from 383rd in 2019) and the most popular Portuguese Archaeologist.

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Among ARCHAEOLOGISTS

Among archaeologists, José Leite de Vasconcelos ranks 112 out of 151. Before him are Leon Kozłowski, E. A. Wallis Budge, Akurgal, Mortimer Wheeler, Phillip V. Tobias, and Stith Thompson. After him are Désiré Charnay, Davidson Black, Lewis Binford, Blaga Aleksova, Carl Blegen, and Zakaria Goneim.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1858, José Leite de Vasconcelos ranks 122. Before him are Take Ionescu, May Robson, Albert Samain, Carlo Luigi Spegazzini, Liberty Hyde Bailey, and Dimitar Petkov. After him are Mary Harrison McKee, Richard Friedrich Johannes Pfeiffer, Victorino Márquez Bustillos, Furqat, János Fadrusz, and Willard Metcalf. Among people deceased in 1941, José Leite de Vasconcelos ranks 172. Before him are Wil van Gogh, Luigi Capello, Eduardo Schaerer, Lucien Mérignac, Jakob Emanuel Lange, and Dobri Hristov. After him are Dmitry Lavrinenko, DeLisle Stewart, Marcus Hurley, Masha Bruskina, Victorino Márquez Bustillos, and Herbert Adamski.

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In Portugal

Among people born in Portugal, José Leite de Vasconcelos ranks 359 out of 633. Before him are Nelo Vingada (1953), Helena Almeida (1934), Hélder Postiga (1982), Jaime Pacheco (1958), Carlos Viegas Gago Coutinho (1869), and Eduardo Lourenço (1923). After him are Manuel Duarte (1945), Luís de Freitas Branco (1890), Tomás António Gonzaga (1744), Bruno Lage (1976), Lio (1962), and Rui Vitória (1970).

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Among ARCHAEOLOGISTS In Portugal

Among archaeologists born in Portugal, José Leite de Vasconcelos ranks 1. 

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