ANTHROPOLOGIST

Julian Steward

1902 - 1972

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Julian Haynes Steward (January 31, 1902 – February 6, 1972) was an American anthropologist known best for his role in developing "the concept and method" of cultural ecology, as well as a scientific theory of culture change. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Julian Steward is the 74th most popular anthropologist (down from 72nd in 2019), the 7,667th most popular biography from United States (down from 6,855th in 2019) and the 20th most popular American Anthropologist.

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Among ANTHROPOLOGISTS

Among anthropologists, Julian Steward ranks 74 out of 93Before him are Jack Goody, Dmitry Anuchin, Helen Fisher, Michael Harner, Madison Grant, and Philippe Descola. After him are Melville J. Herskovits, Hugh Falconer, Yves Coppens, Vladimir Bogoraz, George Murdock, and Jean Malaurie.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1902, Julian Steward ranks 258Before him are Laurent Grimmonprez, Will Geer, Arno Arthur Wachmann, Charles Lang, Francisco Martínez Soria, and Théodore Monod. After him are Stanley G. Weinbaum, Nikolaus Pevsner, Martin Noth, Antonio Maquilón, Franco Giorgetti, and Paul Bontemps. Among people deceased in 1972, Julian Steward ranks 202Before him are Cynthia Spencer, Countess Spencer, Edmund Wilson, Louella Parsons, Sven Markelius, Mitchell Leisen, and Xie Fuzhi. After him are Yuri Linnik, Tevfik Rüştü Aras, Américo Castro, Gia Scala, Charu Majumdar, and Ntare V of Burundi.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Julian Steward ranks 7,669 out of 20,380Before him are Joan Shawlee (1926), Robert Farnan (1877), Liberty Hyde Bailey (1858), George Kojac (1910), Rita Mae Brown (1944), and Marion Jones Farquhar (1879). After him are David Johansen (1950), Mark Jackson (1965), Gregg Rolie (1947), Alexandra Hedison (1969), Ronnie Bucknum (1936), and Melville J. Herskovits (1895).

Among ANTHROPOLOGISTS In United States

Among anthropologists born in United States, Julian Steward ranks 20Before him are Ralph Linton (1893), Gayle Rubin (1949), James C. Scott (1936), Helen Fisher (1945), Michael Harner (1929), and Madison Grant (1865). After him are Melville J. Herskovits (1895), George Murdock (1897), Carleton S. Coon (1904), Napoleon Chagnon (1938), Eugenie Scott (1945), and John Tooby (1952).