LINGUIST

Alexander Veselovsky

1838 - 1906

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Alexander Nikolayevich Veselovsky (Russian: Алекса́ндр Никола́евич Весело́вский) (February 16 [O.S. February 4] 1838 in Moscow – October 23 [O.S. October 10] 1906 in St. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alexander Veselovsky has received more than 31,652 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Alexander Veselovsky is the 150th most popular linguist (down from 135th in 2019), the 1,815th most popular biography from Russia (down from 1,581st in 2019) and the 9th most popular Russian Linguist.

Memorability Metrics

  • 32k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 47.91

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.37

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.70

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among LINGUISTS

Among linguists, Alexander Veselovsky ranks 150 out of 214. Before him are Vladimir Toporov, Friedrich von Adelung, William Dwight Whitney, Zellig Harris, Gerhard Rohlfs, and Sylvain Lévi. After him are Mary Boyce, Kazimieras Būga, Martí de Riquer i Morera, John Lyons, Arsène Darmesteter, and Ziad Fazah.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1838, Alexander Veselovsky ranks 93. Before him are Marin Drinov, Adam Asnyk, Gustav Neumann, Ferdinand Zirkel, Stefanos Skouloudis, and Oswald Schmiedeberg. After him are General Tom Thumb, Marc Delafontaine, Oskar Gripenberg, John Morley, Octavia Hill, and John Wanamaker. Among people deceased in 1906, Alexander Veselovsky ranks 66. Before him are Manuel Quintana, Fritz Schaudinn, Slava Raškaj, Marin Drinov, Ernst Schultz, and Ivan Babushkin. After him are Julius Wilbrand, José María de Pereda, Simon Gregorčič, Ferdinand von Saar, Aniceto Arce, and Pedro Varela.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Alexander Veselovsky ranks 1,815 out of 3,761. Before him are Evgeni Plushenko (1982), Leonid Spirin (1932), Viacheslav Ragozin (1908), Nikolai Klyuev (1884), Albert Razin (1940), and Orest Khvolson (1852). After him are Zainab Biisheva (1908), Nina Grebeshkova (1930), Isabella Bashmakova (1921), Fyodor Bondarchuk (1967), Karandash (1901), and John Kay (1944).

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Among LINGUISTS In Russia

Among linguists born in Russia, Alexander Veselovsky ranks 9. Before him are Nikolai Trubetzkoy (1890), Gabdulkhay Akhatov (1927), Igor M. Diakonoff (1914), Yevgeny Polivanov (1891), Vyacheslav Ivanov (1929), and Vladimir Toporov (1928). After him are Waldemar Rosenberger (1848), Sergei Starostin (1953), Andrey Zaliznyak (1935), Lev Shcherba (1880), Ivan Kuratov (1839), and Viktor Vinogradov (1894).

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