ANTHROPOLOGIST

Marilyn Strathern

1941 - Today

Marilyn Strathern

Dame Ann Marilyn Strathern, DBE, FBA (née Evans; born 6 March 1941) is a British anthropologist, who has worked largely with the Mount Hagen people of Papua New Guinea and dealt with issues in the UK of reproductive technologies. She was William Wyse Professor of Social Anthropology at the University of Cambridge from 1993 to 2008, and Mistress of Girton College, Cambridge from 1998 to 2009. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Marilyn Strathern is the 85th most popular anthropologist (down from 82nd in 2019), the 4,650th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,522nd in 2019) and the 13th most popular British Anthropologist.

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Among ANTHROPOLOGISTS

Among anthropologists, Marilyn Strathern ranks 85 out of 93. Before her are George Murdock, Jean Malaurie, Eric Wolf, Françoise Héritier, Grete Mostny, and Marcellin Boule. After her are Carleton S. Coon, Thomas Hylland Eriksen, Napoleon Chagnon, Eugenie Scott, W. H. R. Rivers, and Chris Stringer.

Most Popular Anthropologists in Wikipedia

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George Murdock
1897 - 1985
HPI: 54.64
Rank: 79
Jean Malaurie
1922 - 2024
HPI: 54.64
Rank: 80
Eric Wolf
1923 - 1999
HPI: 54.53
Rank: 81
Françoise Héritier
1933 - 2017
HPI: 54.15
Rank: 82
Grete Mostny
1914 - 1991
HPI: 54.10
Rank: 83
Marcellin Boule
1861 - 1942
HPI: 53.75
Rank: 84
Marilyn Strathern
1941 - Present
HPI: 53.73
Rank: 85
Carleton S. Coon
1904 - 1981
HPI: 53.48
Rank: 86
Thomas Hylland Eriksen
1962 - 2024
HPI: 52.59
Rank: 87
Napoleon Chagnon
1938 - 2019
HPI: 52.57
Rank: 88
Eugenie Scott
1945 - Present
HPI: 51.27
Rank: 89
W. H. R. Rivers
1864 - 1922
HPI: 49.98
Rank: 90
Chris Stringer
1947 - Present
HPI: 48.97
Rank: 91

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1941, Marilyn Strathern ranks 528. Before her are Javier Valdivia, Jean-Jacques Schuhl, Aníbal Tarabini, Anton Pronk, Vidin Apostolov, and Péter Balázs. After her are Marty Riessen, Wolfgang Fahrian, James Joseph Dresnok, David Selby, John Nicholson, and Dan Coe.

Others Born in 1941

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Javier Valdivia
SOCCER PLAYER
1941 - Present
HPI: 53.99
Rank: 522
Jean-Jacques Schuhl
WRITER
1941 - Present
HPI: 53.98
Rank: 523
Aníbal Tarabini
SOCCER PLAYER
1941 - 1997
HPI: 53.94
Rank: 524
Anton Pronk
SOCCER PLAYER
1941 - 2016
HPI: 53.94
Rank: 525
Vidin Apostolov
SOCCER PLAYER
1941 - 2020
HPI: 53.87
Rank: 526
Péter Balázs
POLITICIAN
1941 - Present
HPI: 53.74
Rank: 527
Marilyn Strathern
ANTHROPOLOGIST
1941 - Present
HPI: 53.73
Rank: 528
Marty Riessen
TENNIS PLAYER
1941 - Present
HPI: 53.73
Rank: 529
Wolfgang Fahrian
SOCCER PLAYER
1941 - 2022
HPI: 53.69
Rank: 530
James Joseph Dresnok
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1941 - 2016
HPI: 53.61
Rank: 531
David Selby
ACTOR
1941 - Present
HPI: 53.60
Rank: 532
John Nicholson
RACING DRIVER
1941 - 2017
HPI: 53.55
Rank: 533
Dan Coe
SOCCER PLAYER
1941 - 1981
HPI: 53.52
Rank: 534