LINGUIST

August Friedrich Pott

1802 - 1887

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August Friedrich Pott (14 November 1802 in Nettelrede, Hanover – 5 July 1887 in Halle) was a German pioneer in linguistics. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of August Friedrich Pott has received more than 10,220 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. August Friedrich Pott is the 114th most popular linguist (down from 101st in 2019).

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  • 50.85

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  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.72

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.32

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among LINGUISTS

Among linguists, August Friedrich Pott ranks 114 out of 214. Before him are Heinrich Hübschmann, Nakahama Manjirō, Georg Curtius, Kunio Yanagita, Renato Corsetti, and John Florio. After him are Jules Gilliéron, Hans Ørberg, Ali-Akbar Dehkhoda, Morris Halle, Hrachia Acharian, and Nurit Peled-Elhanan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1802, August Friedrich Pott ranks 43. Before him are Prince Franz de Paula of Liechtenstein, Louis Niedermeyer, Benoît Fourneyron, Adolphe d'Archiac, Edwin Landseer, and Adolphe Niel. After him are Ion Heliade Rădulescu, Duchess Elisabeth Alexandrine of Württemberg, Yuriy Venelin, Eugène Flachat, Robert Chambers, and Nicholas Wiseman. Among people deceased in 1887, August Friedrich Pott ranks 42. Before him are Peter Jan Beckx, Mohamed Sherif Pasha, Emma Lazarus, Lorenzo Batlle y Grau, Alvan Clark, and Friedrich Theodor Vischer. After him are Ferdinand Johann Wiedemann, Mikhail Katkov, Peder Balke, Fran Levstik, E. Marlitt, and John Taylor.

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