1906 - 1950
Alice Elizabeth Kober (December 23, 1906 – May 16, 1950) was an American classicist best known for her work on the decipherment of Linear B. Educated at Hunter College and Columbia University, Kober taught classics at Brooklyn College from 1930 until her death. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alice Kober has received more than 76,808 page views. Her biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Alice Kober is the 143rd most popular linguist, the 6,742nd most popular biography from United States and the 16th most popular American Linguist.
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Among linguists, Alice Kober ranks 143 out of 161. Before her are Marcus Zuerius van Boxhorn, Nurit Peled-Elhanan, Sylvain Lévi, Gerhard Rohlfs, Vladimir Toporov, and Charles F. Hockett. After her are Dell Hymes, Brian Houghton Hodgson, Jane Ellen Harrison, Gideon Toury, Friedrich von Adelung, and James Legge.
1612 - 1653
HPI: 46.85
Rank: 137
1949 - Present
HPI: 46.82
Rank: 138
1863 - 1935
HPI: 46.80
Rank: 139
1892 - 1986
HPI: 46.70
Rank: 140
1928 - 2005
HPI: 46.58
Rank: 141
1916 - 2000
HPI: 46.42
Rank: 142
1906 - 1950
HPI: 46.36
Rank: 143
1927 - 2009
HPI: 46.32
Rank: 144
1800 - 1894
HPI: 46.31
Rank: 145
1850 - 1928
HPI: 46.31
Rank: 146
1942 - 2016
HPI: 46.27
Rank: 147
1768 - 1843
HPI: 46.18
Rank: 148
1815 - 1897
HPI: 46.17
Rank: 149
Among people born in 1906, Alice Kober ranks 266. Before her are Victor Hasselblad, Thelma Todd, Gerardo Romero, Alberto Soria, William Wilson Morgan, and Dashdorjiin Natsagdorj. After her are Branislav Sekulić, James Quinn, Lee Barnes, Eino Penttilä, Henry Roth, and Édouard Artigas. Among people deceased in 1950, Alice Kober ranks 140. Before her are Ransom E. Olds, Joe Fry, Antonina Nezhdanova, Pedro Parages, Bainbridge Colby, and Arthur L. Newton. After her are Charles Bennett, Edwin Foster Coddington, Alexandros Diomidis, Louis Wilkins, Tommaso Costantino, and Dezső Földes.
1906 - 1978
HPI: 46.67
Rank: 260
1906 - 1935
HPI: 46.63
Rank: 261
1906 - 2000
HPI: 46.60
Rank: 262
1906 - 1980
HPI: 46.56
Rank: 263
1906 - 1994
HPI: 46.42
Rank: 264
1906 - 1937
HPI: 46.37
Rank: 265
1906 - 1950
HPI: 46.36
Rank: 266
1906 - 1968
HPI: 46.35
Rank: 267
1906 - 2004
HPI: 46.34
Rank: 268
1906 - 1970
HPI: 46.24
Rank: 269
1906 - 1982
HPI: 46.22
Rank: 270
1906 - 1995
HPI: 46.22
Rank: 271
1906 - 2001
HPI: 46.14
Rank: 272
1864 - 1950
HPI: 46.82
Rank: 134
1915 - 1950
HPI: 46.73
Rank: 135
1873 - 1950
HPI: 46.71
Rank: 136
1883 - 1950
HPI: 46.61
Rank: 137
1869 - 1950
HPI: 46.46
Rank: 138
1883 - 1950
HPI: 46.39
Rank: 139
1906 - 1950
HPI: 46.36
Rank: 140
1870 - 1950
HPI: 46.25
Rank: 141
1870 - 1950
HPI: 46.12
Rank: 142
1875 - 1950
HPI: 46.02
Rank: 143
1882 - 1950
HPI: 45.78
Rank: 144
1885 - 1950
HPI: 45.69
Rank: 145
1880 - 1950
HPI: 45.67
Rank: 146
Among people born in United States, Alice Kober ranks 6,742 out of 18,182. Before her are Harvey S. Firestone (1868), George Jones (1931), Nils Lofgren (1951), SZA (1990), Zalman King (1941), and Kathy Najimy (1957). After her are James Worthy (1961), Jack LaLanne (1914), Bebe Neuwirth (1958), Nick Jonas (1992), Duane Eddy (1938), and Dolph Schayes (1928).
1868 - 1938
HPI: 46.37
Rank: 6,736
1931 - 2013
HPI: 46.37
Rank: 6,737
1951 - Present
HPI: 46.37
Rank: 6,738
1990 - Present
HPI: 46.37
Rank: 6,739
1941 - 2012
HPI: 46.37
Rank: 6,740
1957 - Present
HPI: 46.36
Rank: 6,741
1906 - 1950
HPI: 46.36
Rank: 6,742
1961 - Present
HPI: 46.36
Rank: 6,743
1914 - 2011
HPI: 46.36
Rank: 6,744
1958 - Present
HPI: 46.36
Rank: 6,745
1992 - Present
HPI: 46.36
Rank: 6,746
1938 - Present
HPI: 46.35
Rank: 6,747
1928 - 2015
HPI: 46.35
Rank: 6,748
Among linguists born in United States, Alice Kober ranks 16. Before her are Stephen Krashen (1941), George Kingsley Zipf (1902), Morris Swadesh (1909), William Dwight Whitney (1827), Robert Blust (1940), and Charles F. Hockett (1916). After her are Dell Hymes (1927), Daniel Everett (1951), and Lyle Campbell (1942).
1941 - Present
HPI: 50.00
Rank: 10
1902 - 1950
HPI: 49.83
Rank: 11
1909 - 1967
HPI: 49.83
Rank: 12
1827 - 1894
HPI: 48.30
Rank: 13
1940 - 2022
HPI: 47.64
Rank: 14
1916 - 2000
HPI: 46.42
Rank: 15
1906 - 1950
HPI: 46.36
Rank: 16
1927 - 2009
HPI: 46.32
Rank: 17
1951 - Present
HPI: 42.21
Rank: 18
1942 - Present
HPI: 41.51
Rank: 19