ARCHAEOLOGIST

Tatiana Proskouriakoff

1909 - 1985

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Tatiana Proskouriakoff (Russian: Татья́на Авени́ровна Проскуряко́ва, tr. Tatyana Avenirovna Proskuryakova; 23 January [O.S. 10 January] 1909 – 30 August 1985) was a Russian-American Mayanist scholar and archaeologist who contributed significantly to the deciphering of Maya hieroglyphs, the writing system of the pre-Columbian Maya civilization of Mesoamerica. Born in Tomsk, Tatiana moved to the US with her parents in 1916. In 1924, she accepted American citizenship. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Tatiana Proskouriakoff is the 73rd most popular archaeologist (up from 86th in 2019), the 1,315th most popular biography from Russia (up from 1,526th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Russian Archaeologist.

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Among ARCHAEOLOGISTS

Among archaeologists, Tatiana Proskouriakoff ranks 73 out of 151. Before her are James Quibell, François Bordes, Johann Andreas Wagner, Dragutin Gorjanović-Kramberger, Florentino Ameghino, and Giuseppe Tucci. After her are Peter Wilhelm Lund, Sylvanus Morley, Victor Loret, Margaret Murray, Dorothy Garrod, and Halet Çambel.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1909, Tatiana Proskouriakoff ranks 208. Before her are Saunders Mac Lane, Pedro Henrique of Orléans-Braganza, Mario Pizziolo, Ivo Lapenna, Fritz Buchloh, and Endel Puusepp. After her are Mike Todd, Edward Gardère, Irakli Abashidze, Edward Osóbka-Morawski, Hans Hotter, and C. N. Annadurai. Among people deceased in 1985, Tatiana Proskouriakoff ranks 137. Before her are Francesca Bertini, Haruo Remeliik, Ana Mendieta, Márton Bukovi, Gerhard Stöck, and Roger Sessions. After her are Yusuf Lule, Arnold Chikobava, Julie Vlasto, Jan de Quay, Viorica Ursuleac, and Julian Beck.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Tatiana Proskouriakoff ranks 1,315 out of 3,761. Before her are Ivan Shuvalov (1727), Abram Arkhipov (1862), Ludmila Belousova (1935), Aleksei Yuryevich German (1938), Khamzat Chimaev (1994), and Evgeny Schwartz (1896). After her are Aleksei Serebryakov (1964), Aleksei Yeliseyev (1934), Pavel Bazhov (1879), Mikhail Prishvin (1873), Dmitry Likhachov (1906), and Boris Vilkitsky (1885).

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Among ARCHAEOLOGISTS In Russia

Among archaeologists born in Russia, Tatiana Proskouriakoff ranks 2. Before her are Gustaf Kossinna (1858). After her are Boris Piotrovsky (1908), and Alexey Okladnikov (1908).

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