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Albert Sechehaye

1870 - 1946

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Albert Sechehaye (French: [se.ʃə.ɛ]; 4 July 1870, Geneva – 2 July 1946, Geneva) was a Swiss linguist. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Albert Sechehaye has received more than 26,320 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Albert Sechehaye is the 90th most popular linguist (up from 95th in 2019), the 299th most popular biography from Switzerland (up from 308th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Swiss Linguist.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 9.06

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.11

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among LINGUISTS

Among linguists, Albert Sechehaye ranks 90 out of 214. Before him are Johannes Aavik, Vasili Eroshenko, Alexander Gode, Morris Swadesh, Anne Dacier, and Bernhard Karlgren. After him are Adolf Erman, Stephen Krashen, Gustaf John Ramstedt, George Abraham Grierson, Paul Ariste, and John Chadwick.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1870, Albert Sechehaye ranks 92. Before him are John Boland, Amadeo Giannini, Charles Tournemire, Princess Adelgunde of Bavaria, Francisco S. Carvajal, and Édouard Le Roy. After him are Nikolay Lossky, Annie Londonderry, William J. Seymour, Louis Bachelier, Magnus Enckell, and Oskar Vogt. Among people deceased in 1946, Albert Sechehaye ranks 106. Before him are Gerda Steinhoff, Claus Schilling, John Vereker, 6th Viscount Gort, Friedrich, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont, Ahmad Kasravi, and Max von Oppenheim. After him are François de La Rocque, Ioannis Rallis, Heinrich George, Dion Fortune, Ferdinand Marian, and Maud Watson.

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In Switzerland

Among people born in Switzerland, Albert Sechehaye ranks 299 out of 1,015. Before him are Ludwig Senfl (1486), Edmond Privat (1889), Max Abegglen (1902), Henri Colpi (1921), Paul Grüninger (1891), and Maximilian Bircher-Benner (1867). After him are Robert Maillart (1872), Fritz Platten (1883), Anders Arborelius (1949), Gilberto Agustoni (1922), Prince Nikolaus of Liechtenstein (1947), and Josef Hügi (1930).

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Among LINGUISTS In Switzerland

Among linguists born in Switzerland, Albert Sechehaye ranks 4. Before him are Ferdinand de Saussure (1857), Charles Bally (1865), and Wilhelm Meyer-Lübke (1861). After him are Jules Gilliéron (1854), Walther von Wartburg (1888), Heinrich Schmid (1921), and Rudolf Thurneysen (1857).

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