ARCHAEOLOGIST

Peter Wilhelm Lund

1801 - 1880

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Peter Wilhelm Lund (14 June 1801 – 25 May 1880) was a Danish Brazilian paleontologist, zoologist, and archeologist. He spent most of his life working and living in Brazil. He is considered the father of Brazilian paleontology as well as archaeology. Lund was the first to describe dozens of species of Pleistocene megafauna, including the saber-toothed cat Smilodon populator. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Peter Wilhelm Lund is the 74th most popular archaeologist (down from 69th in 2019), the 377th most popular biography from Denmark (down from 363rd in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Danish Archaeologist.

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Among ARCHAEOLOGISTS

Among archaeologists, Peter Wilhelm Lund ranks 74 out of 151. Before him are François Bordes, Johann Andreas Wagner, Dragutin Gorjanović-Kramberger, Florentino Ameghino, Giuseppe Tucci, and Tatiana Proskouriakoff. After him are Sylvanus Morley, Victor Loret, Margaret Murray, Dorothy Garrod, Halet Çambel, and Charles W. Gilmore.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1801, Peter Wilhelm Lund ranks 64. Before him are Evangelos Damaskos, Jan Kalivoda, Edward William Lane, Maria Röhl, José Joaquín Pérez, and Édouard Lartet. After him are Hippolyte Carnot, Henri de Brouckère, Adolf Fredrik Lindblad, Friedrich Frey-Herosé, František Škroup, and Carlo Cattaneo. Among people deceased in 1880, Peter Wilhelm Lund ranks 47. Before him are Arthur Morin, Ferdinand Ritter von Hebra, Edwin Drake, Hippolyte Mège-Mouriès, Manuel Montt, and Nikolay Zinin. After him are Nils Johan Andersson, Christian August Friedrich Peters, Izmail Sreznevsky, Thomas Bell, Cándido Bareiro, and Sabin Berthelot.

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In Denmark

Among people born in Denmark, Peter Wilhelm Lund ranks 377 out of 1,032. Before him are Gitte Hænning (1946), Christian Eriksen (1992), Lucile Grahn (1819), Søren Kragh-Jacobsen (1947), Carl Christoffer Georg Andræ (1812), and Karen Harup (1924). After him are Sidse Babett Knudsen (1968), Ari Behn (1972), Ulrich Thomsen (1963), Hilmar Baunsgaard (1920), Hugo Egmont Hørring (1842), and Prince Gustav of Denmark (1887).

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Among ARCHAEOLOGISTS In Denmark

Among archaeologists born in Denmark, Peter Wilhelm Lund ranks 2. Before him are Christian Jürgensen Thomsen (1788). After him are Jens Jacob Asmussen Worsaae (1821).

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