ANTHROPOLOGIST

Michael Harner

1929 - 2018

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Michael James Harner (April 27, 1929 – February 3, 2018) was an American anthropologist, educator and author. His 1980 book, The Way of the Shaman: a Guide to Power and Healing, has been foundational in the development and popularization of core shamanism as a New Age path of personal development for adherents of neoshamanism. He also founded the Foundation for Shamanic Studies. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Michael Harner is the 71st most popular anthropologist (down from 69th in 2019), the 7,407th most popular biography from United States (down from 6,667th in 2019) and the 18th most popular American Anthropologist.

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Among ANTHROPOLOGISTS

Among anthropologists, Michael Harner ranks 71 out of 93. Before him are Fiona Graham, Julio Caro Baroja, Ashley Montagu, Jack Goody, Dmitry Anuchin, and Helen Fisher. After him are Madison Grant, Philippe Descola, Julian Steward, Melville J. Herskovits, Hugh Falconer, and Yves Coppens.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1929, Michael Harner ranks 372. Before him are Günter Kunert, Harry Frankfurt, Lady Pamela Hicks, Marcel Amont, Kenneth MacMillan, and Ernesto Grillo. After him are Aulis Kallakorpi, Patricia Routledge, Júlia Sigmond, Dilara Aliyeva, Barry Harris, and Sergio Mantovani. Among people deceased in 2018, Michael Harner ranks 340. Before him are Neagu Djuvara, Robby Müller, Nh. Dini, Jon Hiseman, Vanessa Marquez, and Marty Balin. After him are Roberto Suazo Córdova, Yoshiaki Arata, Mrinal Sen, John Miles, Fernando Serena, and José Antonio Zaldúa.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Michael Harner ranks 7,409 out of 20,380. Before him are William Gibson (1914), Edward S. Holden (1846), Ashrita Furman (1954), Daniel von Bargen (1950), Elliot See (1927), and Drea de Matteo (1972). After him are Jackie Joyner-Kersee (1962), Bob James (1939), George Peabody (1795), Laurel Clark (1961), Dennis Dugan (1946), and Gina Carano (1982).

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Among ANTHROPOLOGISTS In United States

Among anthropologists born in United States, Michael Harner ranks 18. Before him are Edwin H. Colbert (1905), John Lloyd Stephens (1805), Ralph Linton (1893), Gayle Rubin (1949), James C. Scott (1936), and Helen Fisher (1945). After him are Madison Grant (1865), Julian Steward (1902), Melville J. Herskovits (1895), George Murdock (1897), Carleton S. Coon (1904), and Napoleon Chagnon (1938).

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