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Karl Richard Lepsius

1810 - 1884

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Karl Richard Lepsius (Latin: Carolus Richardius Lepsius; 23 December 1810 – 10 July 1884) was a Prussian Egyptologist, linguist and modern archaeologist. He is widely known for his opus magnum Denkmäler aus Ägypten und Äthiopien. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Karl Richard Lepsius is the 21st most popular archaeologist (down from 18th in 2019), the 1,136th most popular biography from Germany (up from 1,211th in 2019) and the 5th most popular German Archaeologist.

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Among ARCHAEOLOGISTS

Among archaeologists, Karl Richard Lepsius ranks 21 out of 151. Before him are Isdal Woman, George Smith, Aurel Stein, Ciriaco de' Pizzicolli, Alcide d'Orbigny, and Zahi Hawass. After him are George Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon, Oscar Montelius, Khaemweset, Louis Leakey, Austen Henry Layard, and Flinders Petrie.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1810, Karl Richard Lepsius ranks 19. Before him are Ferdinand Philippe, Duke of Orléans, Otto Nicolai, Ernst Kummer, Fanny Elssler, Henri Victor Regnault, and Auguste, Duke of Leuchtenberg. After him are William Armstrong, 1st Baron Armstrong, Princess Marianne of the Netherlands, Princess Pauline of Württemberg, Nikolay Pirogov, Hermann Heinrich Gossen, and Elizabeth Gaskell. Among people deceased in 1884, Karl Richard Lepsius ranks 17. Before him are Jean-Baptiste Dumas, Marie Bashkirtseff, Infanta Maria Anna of Portugal, Fanny Elssler, Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany, and Alfred Brehm. After him are Hermann Schlegel, Hans Makart, Allan Pinkerton, Prince Frederick William of Hesse-Kassel, Paul Abadie, and Jules Bastien-Lepage.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Karl Richard Lepsius ranks 1,136 out of 7,253. Before him are Johann Jakob Froberger (1616), Gershom Scholem (1897), Princess Alexandrine of Prussia (1803), Georg Friedrich Grotefend (1775), Christian Thomasius (1655), and Charles, Grand Duke of Baden (1786). After him are Paul Langerhans (1847), Rainer Weiss (1932), Louis II, Duke of Bavaria (1229), Marie of Cleves, Duchess of Orléans (1426), Johann Karl Wilhelm Illiger (1775), and Georg-Hans Reinhardt (1887).

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Among ARCHAEOLOGISTS In Germany

Among archaeologists born in Germany, Karl Richard Lepsius ranks 5. Before him are Theodor Mommsen (1817), Heinrich Schliemann (1822), Johann Friedrich Blumenbach (1752), and Isdal Woman (1940). After him are Leo Frobenius (1873), Ernst Curtius (1814), Ami Boué (1794), Wilhelm Dörpfeld (1853), Max von Oppenheim (1860), Adolf Furtwängler (1853), and Heinrich Karl Brugsch (1827).

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