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Sylvanus Morley

1883 - 1948

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Sylvanus Griswold Morley (June 7, 1883 – September 2, 1948) was an American archaeologist and epigrapher who studied the pre-Columbian Maya civilization in the early 20th century. Morley led extensive excavations of the Maya site of Chichen Itza on behalf of the Carnegie Institution and published several large compilations and treatises on Maya hieroglyphic writing. He also wrote popular accounts on the Maya for a general audience. To his contemporaries, "Vay" Morley was one of the leading Mesoamerican archaeologists of his day. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Sylvanus Morley is the 75th most popular archaeologist (up from 76th in 2019), the 5,465th most popular biography from United States (down from 4,951st in 2019) and the 7th most popular American Archaeologist.

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Among ARCHAEOLOGISTS

Among archaeologists, Sylvanus Morley ranks 75 out of 151. Before her are Johann Andreas Wagner, Dragutin Gorjanović-Kramberger, Florentino Ameghino, Giuseppe Tucci, Tatiana Proskouriakoff, and Peter Wilhelm Lund. After her are Victor Loret, Margaret Murray, Dorothy Garrod, Halet Çambel, Charles W. Gilmore, and William F. Albright.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1883, Sylvanus Morley ranks 168. Before her are Maurice Feltin, Jens Hundseid, Arnold Bax, Max Horton, Oszkár Gerde, and Pavel Filonov. After her are Pedro Parages, Alfred Saalwächter, Charles Demuth, Ahmet Ali Çelikten, Max Fleischer, and Alberto Braglia. Among people deceased in 1948, Sylvanus Morley ranks 125. Before her are Avetis Aharonian, C. Aubrey Smith, Zhou Fohai, Aldo Leopold, Hulusi Behçet, and Leo White. After her are František Svoboda, Henri Hazebrouck, Phraya Manopakorn Nititada, Gerardo Matos Rodríguez, José Vianna da Motta, and Nikolai Podvoisky.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Sylvanus Morley ranks 5,465 out of 20,380. Before her are Michael Graves (1934), Charles Horton Peck (1833), Barnum Brown (1873), Fred Thompson (1942), Brock Lesnar (1977), and Roger Marshall (1960). After her are Chris Carter (1956), Eileen Brennan (1932), John Paul Getty III (1956), Billy Gunn (1963), Sanford B. Dole (1844), and Berry Berenson (1948).

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Among ARCHAEOLOGISTS In United States

Among archaeologists born in United States, Sylvanus Morley ranks 7. Before her are Edward Drinker Cope (1840), Othniel Charles Marsh (1831), George Gaylord Simpson (1902), Robert Ballard (1942), James Henry Breasted (1865), and Donald Johanson (1943). After her are Charles W. Gilmore (1874), Edward Robinson (1794), Robert T. Bakker (1945), Stith Thompson (1885), Lewis Binford (1932), and Carl Blegen (1887).

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