ANTHROPOLOGIST

Marvin Harris

1927 - 2001

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Marvin Harris (August 18, 1927 – October 25, 2001) was an American anthropologist. He was born in Brooklyn, New York City. A prolific writer, he was highly influential in the development of cultural materialism and environmental determinism. In his work, he combined Karl Marx's emphasis on the forces of production with Thomas Malthus's insights on the impact of demographic factors on other parts of the sociocultural system. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Marvin Harris is the 23rd most popular anthropologist (up from 28th in 2019), the 2,555th most popular biography from United States (up from 2,619th in 2019) and the 6th most popular American Anthropologist.

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Among ANTHROPOLOGISTS

Among anthropologists, Marvin Harris ranks 23 out of 93. Before him are Alfred Radcliffe-Brown, E. E. Evans-Pritchard, Mary Leakey, Mary Douglas, Victor Turner, and Wilhelm Schmidt. After him are Raymond Dart, Andrey Korotayev, Edward T. Hall, Jacques de Morgan, Ann Dunham, and Marshall Sahlins.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1927, Marvin Harris ranks 114. Before him are Dick Bruna, Odvar Nordli, Thanin Kraivichien, Bob Fosse, Dana Elcar, and Margaret Keane. After him are William Labov, Jorge Batlle, Wadie Haddad, Sabah, Carlos José Castilho, and Eldar Ryazanov. Among people deceased in 2001, Marvin Harris ranks 73. Before him are John Phillips, Joey Ramone, Jaroslav Drobný, Luis Carniglia, Francisco Varela, and Giuseppe Sinopoli. After him are Vittorio Brambilla, Henry Lee Lucas, Marcos Pérez Jiménez, Princess Maria Francesca of Savoy, Jean-Pierre Aumont, and Perry Como.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Marvin Harris ranks 2,555 out of 20,380. Before him are Darren Aronofsky (1969), Robert E. Park (1864), Tina Aumont (1946), Ornette Coleman (1930), Edward Witten (1951), and Rick Riordan (1964). After him are Mimi Rogers (1956), Edie Sedgwick (1943), George Gaylord Simpson (1902), Lorraine Bracco (1954), Casey Affleck (1975), and George William Hill (1838).

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Among ANTHROPOLOGISTS In United States

Among anthropologists born in United States, Marvin Harris ranks 6. Before him are Lewis H. Morgan (1818), A. L. Kroeber (1876), Margaret Mead (1901), Ruth Benedict (1887), and Clifford Geertz (1926). After him are Edward T. Hall (1914), Ann Dunham (1942), Marshall Sahlins (1930), Henry Fairfield Osborn (1857), David Graeber (1961), and Edwin H. Colbert (1905).

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