Archaeologist

V. Gordon Childe

1892 - 1957

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His biography is available in 45 different languages on Wikipedia. V. Gordon Childe is the 14th most popular archaeologist (down from 13th in 2024), the 33rd most popular biography from Australia (down from 25th in 2019) and the most popular Australian Archaeologist.

Gordon Childe was a British archaeologist who was the first to use the term "Neolithic Revolution" to describe the development of agriculture and the domestication of animals.

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Among Archaeologists

Among archaeologists, V. Gordon Childe ranks 14 out of 151. Before him are Christian Jürgensen Thomsen, Colin Renfrew, Semerkhet, Marija Gimbutas, Johann Friedrich Blumenbach, and Nynetjer. After him are Isdal Woman, George Smith, Aurel Stein, Ciriaco de' Pizzicolli, Alcide d'Orbigny, and Zahi Hawass.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1892, V. Gordon Childe ranks 49. Before him are Bolesław Bierut, Władysław Anders, Andrey Yeryomenko, József Mindszenty, Rashid Ali al-Gaylani, and Alexandre Koyré. After him are Sir Arthur Harris, 1st Baronet, Kang Pan-sok, Margaret Rutherford, Nikolai Kondratiev, E. H. Carr, and Oswald Pohl. Among people deceased in 1957, V. Gordon Childe ranks 35. Before him are Joseph McCarthy, Alfonso de Portago, Maurice Garin, František Kupka, Laura Ingalls Wilder, and Erich Wolfgang Korngold. After him are Eliot Ness, Erich von Stroheim, Aga Khan III, Henry Norris Russell, Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany, and Beniamino Gigli.

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In Australia

Among people born in Australia, V. Gordon Childe ranks 33 out of NaN. Before him are Evonne Goolagong Cawley (1951), Robin Warren (1937), Elton Mayo (1880), Hugh Jackman (1968), Colleen McCullough (1937), and Peter Singer (1946). After him are Howard Florey (1898), Lisa Gerrard (1961), Peter Weir (1944), Steve Irwin (1962), Johnny Logan (1954), and Margot Robbie (1990).

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Among Archaeologists In Australia

Among archaeologists born in Australia, V. Gordon Childe ranks 1. After him are Grafton Elliot Smith (1871).

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