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Adolf Erman

1854 - 1937

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Johann Peter Adolf Erman (German: [ɛɐ̯ˈmãː]; 31 October 1854 – 26 June 1937) was a German Egyptologist and lexicographer. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Adolf Erman has received more than 62,845 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia. Adolf Erman is the 91st most popular linguist (down from 83rd in 2019), the 3,143rd most popular biography from Germany (down from 2,905th in 2019) and the 21st most popular German Linguist.

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Among LINGUISTS

Among linguists, Adolf Erman ranks 91 out of 214. Before him are Vasili Eroshenko, Alexander Gode, Morris Swadesh, Anne Dacier, Bernhard Karlgren, and Albert Sechehaye. After him are Stephen Krashen, Gustaf John Ramstedt, George Abraham Grierson, Paul Ariste, John Chadwick, and Tamaz V. Gamkrelidze.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1854, Adolf Erman ranks 59. Before him are Alois Lexa von Aehrenthal, Anna Bilińska, Charles Angrand, Vasil Radoslavov, Christiaan de Wet, and Ottmar Mergenthaler. After him are John Kemp Starley, Prince Thomas, Duke of Genoa, Georges Vacher de Lapouge, Arnošt Muka, Jane Toppan, and Nikolai Alexandrovich Morozov. Among people deceased in 1937, Adolf Erman ranks 89. Before him are Rafael de Nogales Méndez, Jean-Joseph Rabearivelo, Ieronim Uborevich, Movses Silikyan, Erkki Melartin, and Henri Lebasque. After him are Josep Comas i Solà, Nathan Birnbaum, Scipione Riva-Rocci, Mikhail Diterikhs, Theodoor Hendrik van de Velde, and Muslim Magomayev.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Adolf Erman ranks 3,143 out of 7,253. Before him are Hans von Ohain (1911), Rainald of Dassel (1114), Maria Clara Eimmart (1676), Clara Westhoff (1878), Charles, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst (1652), and Karl Binding (1841). After him are Agnes Bernauer (1410), Horst Köppel (1948), Hans Graf von Sponeck (1888), Johannes Aventinus (1477), Duchess Maria Elisabeth in Bavaria (1784), and Johann Rosenmüller (1619).

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Among LINGUISTS In Germany

Among linguists born in Germany, Adolf Erman ranks 21. Before him are Karl Brugmann (1849), Friedrich Christian Diez (1794), Konrad Duden (1829), Carl Brockelmann (1868), August Immanuel Bekker (1785), and Alexander Gode (1906). After him are Johannes Schmidt (1843), Heinrich Hübschmann (1848), Georg Curtius (1820), Felix Jacoby (1876), Hermann Osthoff (1847), and Gerhard Rohlfs (1892).

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