Jared Diamond
Evolution Geographics
Year of Birth
1937
Nationality
US
Field of Knowledge
Evolutionary Biology
Jared Mason Diamond (born September 10, 1937) is an American geographer, historian, anthropologist, ornithologist, and author best known for his popular science books The Third Chimpanzee (1991); Guns, Germs, and Steel (1997, awarded a Pulitzer Prize); Collapse (2005), The World Until Yesterday (2012), and Upheaval (2019). Originally trained in biochemistry and physiology, Diamond is known for drawing from a variety of fields, including anthropology, ecology, geography, and evolutionary biology. He is a professor of geography at UCLA.In 2005, Diamond was ranked ninth on a poll by Prospect and Foreign Policy of the world’s top 100 public intellectuals.
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25
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German Ranking | — | — | 105 | 31 | — | — |
Hispanic Ranking | — | — | 69 | — | — | — |
China Inside Ranking | — | — | 96 | — | — | — |
China Outside Ranking | — | — | 84 | — | — | — |