ANTHROPOLOGIST

Thomas Hylland Eriksen

1962 - 2024

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Geir Thomas Hylland Eriksen (6 February 1962 – 27 November 2024) was a Norwegian anthropologist known for his scholarly and popular writing on globalization, culture, identity, ethnicity, and nationalism. He was Professor of Social Anthropology in the Department of Social Anthropology at the University of Oslo. He has previously served as the President of the European Association of Social Anthropologists (2015–2016), as well as the Editor of Samtiden (1993–2001), Norsk antropologisk tidsskrift (1993–1997), the Journal of Peace Research, and Ethnos. Hylland Eriksen was among the most prolific and highly cited anthropologists of his generation, and was recognized for his remarkable success in bringing an anthropological perspective to a broader, non-academic audience. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Thomas Hylland Eriksen is the 87th most popular anthropologist (up from 91st in 2019), the 471st most popular biography from Norway (up from 590th in 2019) and the most popular Norwegian Anthropologist.

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Among ANTHROPOLOGISTS

Among anthropologists, Thomas Hylland Eriksen ranks 87 out of 93. Before him are Eric Wolf, Françoise Héritier, Grete Mostny, Marcellin Boule, Marilyn Strathern, and Carleton S. Coon. After him are Napoleon Chagnon, Eugenie Scott, W. H. R. Rivers, Chris Stringer, John Tooby, and Alice Roberts.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1962, Thomas Hylland Eriksen ranks 407. Before him are Marcelo Álvarez, The Proclaimers, Ana Wagener, Claire Voisin, Héctor Enrique, and Gene Anthony Ray. After him are Yvonne Ryding, Nana Ioseliani, Uwe Hohn, Sabine Busch, Pam Shriver, and David Arnold. Among people deceased in 2024, Thomas Hylland Eriksen ranks 435. Before him are Phil Donahue, Janusz Majewski, Mustapha Moussa, David Bordwell, Kenjiro Shinozuka, and Achim Müller. After him are Yamini Krishnamurthy, José Carlos de Almeida, Steve Albini, Edward Lowassa, Rupert Keegan, and Aigars Fadejevs.

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In Norway

Among people born in Norway, Thomas Hylland Eriksen ranks 471 out of 1,039. Before him are Magnar Isaksen (1910), Thomas Bergersen (1980), Pål Sverre Hagen (1980), Jørn Lande (1968), Maria Haukaas Mittet (1979), and Lisbeth Korsmo (1948). After him are Ernst Larsen (1926), Annie (1977), Greta Nissen (1906), Ingvar Ambjørnsen (1956), Harald Strøm (1897), and Rolf Holmberg (1914).

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Among ANTHROPOLOGISTS In Norway

Among anthropologists born in Norway, Thomas Hylland Eriksen ranks 1. 

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