ANTHROPOLOGIST

Marcel Griaule

1898 - 1956

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Marcel Griaule (16 May 1898 – 23 February 1956) was a French author and anthropologist known for his studies of the Dogon people of West Africa, and for pioneering ethnographic field studies in France. He worked together with Germaine Dieterlen and Jean Rouch on African subjects. His publications number over 170 books and articles for scholarly journals. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Marcel Griaule is the 38th most popular anthropologist (down from 36th in 2019), the 2,836th most popular biography from France (up from 2,845th in 2019) and the 5th most popular French Anthropologist.

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Among ANTHROPOLOGISTS

Among anthropologists, Marcel Griaule ranks 38 out of 93. Before him are Richard Leakey, Samuel Thomas von Sömmerring, Henry Fairfield Osborn, Franco Basaglia, Pierre Clastres, and Cheikh Anta Diop. After him are David Graeber, Mikhail Mikhaylovich Gerasimov, Edwin H. Colbert, John Lloyd Stephens, Georges Vacher de Lapouge, and Paolo Mantegazza.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1898, Marcel Griaule ranks 116. Before him are Achille Van Acker, Katharine Burr Blodgett, Shinichi Suzuki, Paul Robeson, Sami al-Hinnawi, and Ninette de Valois. After him are Princess Eudoxia of Bulgaria, Josep Sunyol, Vladimir Dekanozov, Kaj Munk, Pavel Urysohn, and Messali Hadj. Among people deceased in 1956, Marcel Griaule ranks 98. Before him are Grand Duke Andrei Vladimirovich of Russia, André Marty, Carl Brockelmann, Jimmie Angel, Clifford Brown, and Norman L. Bowen. After him are Frigyes Riesz, Victor Young, George Sarton, Walter Gieseking, Heinrich Barkhausen, and Stan Ockers.

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In France

Among people born in France, Marcel Griaule ranks 2,836 out of 6,770. Before him are Jacques Massu (1908), Pierre-Émile Martin (1824), Zizi Jeanmaire (1924), Charles Floquet (1828), Jeanne Julie Éléonore de Lespinasse (1732), and Julius Leber (1891). After him are Jean Raspail (1925), Sophie de Condorcet (1764), Thierry Sabine (1949), Armand Trousseau (1801), Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne, Duke of Bouillon (1555), and Georges Leclanché (1836).

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Among ANTHROPOLOGISTS In France

Among anthropologists born in France, Marcel Griaule ranks 5. Before him are Paul Broca (1824), Jacques de Morgan (1857), Marc Augé (1935), and Pierre Clastres (1934). After him are Georges Vacher de Lapouge (1854), Alfred Sauvy (1898), Maurice Godelier (1934), Georges Balandier (1920), Philippe Descola (1949), Yves Coppens (1934), and Françoise Héritier (1933).

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