Colin Renfrew
Sign in to saveBritish archaeologist (1937–2024)
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1937
- Died
- 2024-11-24
- Works
- 99
Top works
- Excavations at Sitagroi
- Trajectory discontinuity and morphogenesis
- Loot, legitimacy and ownership
- British prehistory
- Trade in Illicit Antiquities
via Open Library + Wikidata
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 32
- Total plays
- 3,247
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Cancer incidence and mortality worldwide: Sources, methods and major patterns in GLOBOCAN 2012
· 2014 · cited 21,544x
- Reproducible, interactive, scalable and extensible microbiome data science using QIIME 2
· 2019 · cited 19,976x
- RSEM: accurate transcript quantification from RNA-Seq data with or without a reference genome
· 2011 · cited 19,561x
- A global reference for human genetic variation
· 2015 · cited 17,383x
- Operating Characteristics of a Rank Correlation Test for Publication Bias
· 1994 · cited 14,288x
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Key facts
- Preceded by
- Glyn Daniel
- Succeeded by
- Graeme Barker
- Born
- Andrew Colin Renfrew , ( 1937-07-25 ) 25 July 1937, Stockton-on-Tees , England
- Died
- 24 November 2024 (2024-11-24) (aged 87), Cambridge , England
- Party
- Conservative
- Education
- St Albans School, Hertfordshire
- Alma mater
- St John's College, Cambridge
- Allegiance
- United Kingdom
- Branch
- Royal Air Force
- Service years
- 1956–1958
via Wikipedia infobox
Key dates
- Born
- 27 October 1937
- Died
- 24 November 2024
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Andrew
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Stockton-on-Tees
- Place of death
- Cambridge
- Occupation
- university teacher
- Educated at
- British School at Athens
- Employer
- University of Cambridge
- Political party
- Conservative Party
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Andrew Colin Renfrew, Baron Renfrew of Kaimsthorn (25 July 1937 – 24 November 2024) was a British archaeologist, paleolinguist and Conservative peer noted for his work on radiocarbon dating, the prehistory of languages, archaeogenetics, neuroarchaeology, and the prevention of looting at archaeological sites.
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