ANTHROPOLOGIST

Victor Turner

1920 - 1983

Victor Turner

Victor Witter Turner (28 May 1920 – 18 December 1983) was a British cultural anthropologist best known for his work on symbols, rituals, and rites of passage. His work, along with that of Clifford Geertz and others, is often referred to as symbolic and interpretive anthropology. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Victor Turner is the 21st most popular anthropologist, the 1,482nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,335th in 2019) and the 8th most popular British Anthropologist.

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Among ANTHROPOLOGISTS

Among anthropologists, Victor Turner ranks 21 out of 93. Before him are Birutė Galdikas, Knud Rasmussen, Alfred Radcliffe-Brown, E. E. Evans-Pritchard, Mary Leakey, and Mary Douglas. After him are Wilhelm Schmidt, Marvin Harris, Raymond Dart, Andrey Korotayev, Edward T. Hall, and Jacques de Morgan.

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Birutė Galdikas
1946 - Present
HPI: 68.91
Rank: 15
Knud Rasmussen
1879 - 1933
HPI: 68.61
Rank: 16
Alfred Radcliffe-Brown
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HPI: 67.56
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E. E. Evans-Pritchard
1902 - 1973
HPI: 65.28
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Mary Leakey
1913 - 1996
HPI: 65.22
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Mary Douglas
1921 - 2007
HPI: 64.89
Rank: 20
Victor Turner
1920 - 1983
HPI: 64.56
Rank: 21
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1868 - 1954
HPI: 64.38
Rank: 22
Marvin Harris
1927 - 2001
HPI: 64.16
Rank: 23
Raymond Dart
1893 - 1988
HPI: 64.14
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Andrey Korotayev
1961 - Present
HPI: 64.09
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Edward T. Hall
1914 - 2009
HPI: 64.09
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1857 - 1924
HPI: 63.72
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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1920, Victor Turner ranks 106. Before him are Gottfried Böhm, Eileen Chang, Princess Antoinette, Baroness of Massy, Vilém Flusser, Hans Blumenberg, and Tom of Finland. After him are Bruno Maderna, Väinö Linna, Peggy Lee, Marlen Haushofer, Don Taylor, and Guido Cantelli. Among people deceased in 1983, Victor Turner ranks 58. Before him are Jack Dempsey, Kurt Tank, Walther Nehring, William Walton, Walter Stennes, and Nicolaus von Below. After him are Norma Shearer, Marianne Brandt, Igor Markevitch, Jean Rey, Carolyn Jones, and Arno Babajanian.

Others Born in 1920

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Gottfried Böhm
ARCHITECT
1920 - 2021
HPI: 64.82
Rank: 100
Eileen Chang
WRITER
1920 - 1995
HPI: 64.81
Rank: 101
Princess Antoinette, Baroness of Massy
NOBLEMAN
1920 - 2011
HPI: 64.80
Rank: 102
Vilém Flusser
PHILOSOPHER
1920 - 1991
HPI: 64.79
Rank: 103
Hans Blumenberg
PHILOSOPHER
1920 - 1996
HPI: 64.77
Rank: 104
Tom of Finland
PAINTER
1920 - 1991
HPI: 64.67
Rank: 105
Victor Turner
ANTHROPOLOGIST
1920 - 1983
HPI: 64.56
Rank: 106
Bruno Maderna
COMPOSER
1920 - 1973
HPI: 64.46
Rank: 107
Väinö Linna
WRITER
1920 - 1992
HPI: 64.33
Rank: 108
Peggy Lee
MUSICIAN
1920 - 2002
HPI: 64.31
Rank: 109
Marlen Haushofer
WRITER
1920 - 1970
HPI: 64.30
Rank: 110
Don Taylor
ACTOR
1920 - 1998
HPI: 64.29
Rank: 111
Guido Cantelli
MUSICIAN
1920 - 1956
HPI: 64.10
Rank: 112