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Anne Dacier

1645 - 1720

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Anne Le Fèvre Dacier (c. 1651 – 17 August 1720), better known during her lifetime as Madame Dacier, was a French scholar, translator, commentator and editor of the classics, including the Iliad and the Odyssey. She sought to champion ancient literature and used her great capabilities in Latin and Greek for this purpose as well as for her own financial support, producing a series of editions and translations from which she earned her living. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Anne Dacier has received more than 38,673 page views. Her biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Anne Dacier is the 114th most popular linguist (down from 96th in 2019), the 3,492nd most popular biography from France (down from 3,149th in 2019) and the 9th most popular French Linguist.

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  • 49.82

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  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.22

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.80

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among LINGUISTS

Among linguists, Anne Dacier ranks 114 out of 161. Before her are Julius Pokorny, Tamaz V. Gamkrelidze, Morris Halle, Hrachia Acharian, George Kingsley Zipf, and Morris Swadesh. After her are Jules Gilliéron, Arie de Jong, Daniel Jones, George Abraham Grierson, John Florio, and Aleksander Brückner.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1645, Anne Dacier ranks 12. Before her are Marguerite Louise d'Orléans, Aert de Gelder, Andreas Werckmeister, Francis I Rákóczi, Eusebio Kino, and Nicolas Lemery. After her are Louis Jolliet and Maria de Dominici. Among people deceased in 1720, Anne Dacier ranks 11. Before her are Edward England, Maria Margaretha Kirch, Abdul-Qādir Bedil, Antoine Coysevox, Peter Tordenskjold, and Balaji Vishwanath. After her is Henri de Massue, Earl of Galway.

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In France

Among people born in France, Anne Dacier ranks 3,492 out of 6,011. Before her are Sylvestre François Lacroix (1765), Robert Marchand (1911), Michel Delpech (1946), Maurice Bourgès-Maunoury (1914), Jean-Pierre Mocky (1933), and Charles Rigoulot (1903). After her are Pierre Sinibaldi (1924), Joseph de Villèle (1773), Laetitia Casta (1978), Jules Émile Planchon (1823), William of Jumièges (1000), and Charles Henri Hector d'Estaing (1729).

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Among LINGUISTS In France

Among linguists born in France, Anne Dacier ranks 9. Before her are Alexandre de Rhodes (1591), André Martinet (1908), Émile Littré (1801), Louis de Beaufront (1855), Lucien Tesnière (1893), and Louis Duchesne (1843). After her are Gaston Waringhien (1901), Sylvain Lévi (1863), and Arsène Darmesteter (1846).

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