ANTHROPOLOGIST

W. H. R. Rivers

1864 - 1922

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William Halse Rivers Rivers (12 March 1864 – 4 June 1922) was an English anthropologist, neurologist, ethnologist and psychiatrist known for treatment of First World War officers suffering shell shock. Rivers' most famous patient was the war poet Siegfried Sassoon, with whom he remained close friends until his own sudden death. During the early years of the 20th century, Rivers developed new lines of psychological research. He was the first to use a double-blind procedure in investigating physical and psychological effects of consumption of tea, coffee, alcohol and drugs. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. W. H. R. Rivers is the 90th most popular anthropologist (down from 85th in 2019), the 5,848th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,991st in 2019) and the 14th most popular British Anthropologist.

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Among ANTHROPOLOGISTS

Among anthropologists, W. H. R. Rivers ranks 90 out of 93. Before him are Marcellin Boule, Marilyn Strathern, Carleton S. Coon, Thomas Hylland Eriksen, Napoleon Chagnon, and Eugenie Scott. After him are Chris Stringer, John Tooby, and Alice Roberts.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1864, W. H. R. Rivers ranks 175. Before him are Antonín Sova, Oscar Baumann, Tully Marshall, Sir Henry Wilson, 1st Baronet, Jakob Jakobsen, and Charles Marion Russell. After him are James Mitchel, and Jessie Ralph. Among people deceased in 1922, W. H. R. Rivers ranks 137. Before him are Henry Lawson, Charles Thias, Lyman Abbott, Sir Henry Wilson, 1st Baronet, Arthur Wesley Dow, and John Wanamaker. After him are Lillian Russell, and Leslie Ward.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, W. H. R. Rivers ranks 5,850 out of 8,785. Before him are Michael Rosen (1946), Anna Chancellor (1965), Saunders Lewis (1893), Stephen Wiltshire (1974), Reg Presley (1941), and Julian Lloyd Webber (1951). After him are Stuart Milner-Barry (1906), Roy Evans (1948), Cat Deeley (1976), Oliver Knussen (1952), Herbert Vaughan (1832), and Ralph Brown (1957).

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Among ANTHROPOLOGISTS In United Kingdom

Among anthropologists born in United Kingdom, W. H. R. Rivers ranks 14. Before him are Victor Turner (1920), Edmund Leach (1910), Ashley Montagu (1905), Jack Goody (1919), Hugh Falconer (1808), and Marilyn Strathern (1941). After him are Chris Stringer (1947), and Alice Roberts (1973).

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