ANTHROPOLOGIST

Ralph Linton

1893 - 1953

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Ralph Linton (27 February 1893 – 24 December 1953) was an American anthropologist of the mid-20th century, particularly remembered for his texts The Study of Man (1936) and The Tree of Culture (1955). One of Linton's major contributions to anthropology was defining a distinction between status and role. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ralph Linton is the 48th most popular anthropologist (up from 55th in 2019), the 5,198th most popular biography from United States (down from 5,188th in 2019) and the 14th most popular American Anthropologist.

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Among ANTHROPOLOGISTS

Among anthropologists, Ralph Linton ranks 48 out of 93. Before her are John Lloyd Stephens, Georges Vacher de Lapouge, Paolo Mantegazza, Lubor Niederle, Louis Dumont, and Adolf Bernhard Meyer. After her are Edmund Leach, Alfred Sauvy, Bengt Danielsson, Gilberto Freyre, Johann Carl Fuhlrott, and Maurice Godelier.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1893, Ralph Linton ranks 172. Before her are Harry Stenqvist, Harold Laski, Karimeh Abbud, Stanisław Szukalski, Fay Bainter, and Jamil Mardam Bey. After her are Bugs Moran, Segismundo Casado, Anthony Berkeley Cox, Eugen Schüfftan, Enrique Peñaranda, and Eduard Čech. Among people deceased in 1953, Ralph Linton ranks 105. Before her are Felice Bonetto, Charles de Tornaco, Tamar Abakelia, Evgeny Paton, Oscar Goßler, and Nicolae Rădescu. After her are Erich Weinert, Nigel Bruce, Arnold Bax, Maude Adams, Albert Meyer, and Dumarsais Estimé.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Ralph Linton ranks 5,198 out of 20,380. Before her are Thomas C. Kinkaid (1888), George Burns (1896), Sam Wanamaker (1919), Brandon Sanderson (1975), Jordan Rudess (1956), and Bobby Jindal (1971). After her are Kerry King (1964), Rick Barry (1944), Charles Mackerras (1925), Brad Bird (1957), Edward Furlong (1977), and Joseph Brant (1742).

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Among ANTHROPOLOGISTS In United States

Among anthropologists born in United States, Ralph Linton ranks 14. Before her are Ann Dunham (1942), Marshall Sahlins (1930), Henry Fairfield Osborn (1857), David Graeber (1961), Edwin H. Colbert (1905), and John Lloyd Stephens (1805). After her are Gayle Rubin (1949), James C. Scott (1936), Helen Fisher (1945), Michael Harner (1929), Madison Grant (1865), and Julian Steward (1902).

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