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Alexander Gode

1906 - 1970

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Alexander Gottfried Friedrich Gode-von Aesch (October 30, 1906 – August 10, 1970) was a German-born American linguist, translator and the driving force behind the creation of the auxiliary language Interlingua. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alexander Gode has received more than 38,813 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Alexander Gode is the 86th most popular linguist (up from 93rd in 2019), the 2,917th most popular biography from Germany (up from 3,123rd in 2019) and the 20th most popular German Linguist.

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  • 53.61

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 25

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 10.64

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.79

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among LINGUISTS

Among linguists, Alexander Gode ranks 86 out of 214. Before him are August Immanuel Bekker, Holger Pedersen, Leo Spitzer, Jan Mukařovský, Johannes Aavik, and Vasili Eroshenko. After him are Morris Swadesh, Anne Dacier, Bernhard Karlgren, Albert Sechehaye, Adolf Erman, and Stephen Krashen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1906, Alexander Gode ranks 151. Before him are Eraldo Monzeglio, Francis Hong Yong-ho, Sait Faik Abasıyanık, Artur Lundkvist, Nicholas Georgescu-Roegen, and Vitaly Abalakov. After him are Pietro Serantoni, H. C. Hansen, Endre Kabos, Ango Sakaguchi, Andrei Kirilenko, and Dmitry Likhachov. Among people deceased in 1970, Alexander Gode ranks 114. Before him are Marlen Haushofer, Patriarch Alexy I of Moscow, Marietta Blau, Fernand Crommelynck, Hugh Dowding, and Romaine Brooks. After him are Unica Zürn, Félix Gaillard, Nikolaus, Hereditary Grand Duke of Oldenburg, Max Abegglen, Nathan Alterman, and Albert Lamorisse.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Alexander Gode ranks 2,917 out of 7,253. Before him are Paul Ben-Haim (1897), Prince George, Duke of Cambridge (1819), Prince Christoph of Hesse (1901), Johann Gottlieb Naumann (1741), Friedrich Stromeyer (1776), and Hajo Herrmann (1913). After him are Hans Joachim von Zieten (1699), Elisabeth of Hesse, Electress Palatine (1539), Ludwig Reichenbach (1793), Adolf William, Duke of Saxe-Eisenach (1632), Flavia Julia Constantia (290), and Karl, Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (1785).

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Among LINGUISTS In Germany

Among linguists born in Germany, Alexander Gode ranks 20. Before him are Hermann Paul (1846), Karl Brugmann (1849), Friedrich Christian Diez (1794), Konrad Duden (1829), Carl Brockelmann (1868), and August Immanuel Bekker (1785). After him are Adolf Erman (1854), Johannes Schmidt (1843), Heinrich Hübschmann (1848), Georg Curtius (1820), Felix Jacoby (1876), and Hermann Osthoff (1847).

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