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Bernhard Karlgren

1889 - 1978

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Klas Bernhard Johannes Karlgren (Swedish pronunciation: [ˈbæ̌ːɳaɖ ˈkɑ̂ːɭɡreːn]; 15 October 1889 – 20 October 1978) was a Swedish sinologist and linguist who pioneered the study of Chinese historical phonology using modern comparative methods. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bernhard Karlgren has received more than 102,003 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Bernhard Karlgren is the 90th most popular linguist (up from 98th in 2019), the 421st most popular biography from Sweden (up from 468th in 2019) and the most popular Swedish Linguist.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.71

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.79

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among LINGUISTS

Among linguists, Bernhard Karlgren ranks 90 out of 161. Before him are Đuro Daničić, Yuen Ren Chao, Paul Ariste, Alexander Potebnja, Agop Dilâçar, and Konrad Duden. After him are Teun A. van Dijk, Ahatanhel Krymsky, Alexander Gode, Matteo Bartoli, Albert Sechehaye, and Hans Ørberg.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1889, Bernhard Karlgren ranks 137. Before him are Shigeyoshi Inoue, Angelo Iachino, Larry Semon, Maria Dąbrowska, Claude Rains, and Lord Leopold Mountbatten. After him are Bernard Freyberg, 1st Baron Freyberg, Ivan Mosjoukine, Luis Miguel Sánchez Cerro, Ernest Marsden, Manuel Prado Ugarteche, and Antonio Caggiano. Among people deceased in 1978, Bernhard Karlgren ranks 110. Before him are Henryk Zygalski, Carlos Chávez, Federico Chávez, José Gonzalvo, Ivan Tyulenev, and Julio Jaramillo. After him are Ángel Bossio, Zivia Lubetkin, Nancy Spungen, Lon L. Fuller, Alexander Gerschenkron, and Raymond Braine.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Bernhard Karlgren ranks 421 out of 1,612. Before him are Bengt Strömgren (1908), Johan Gunnar Andersson (1874), Gunilla Bergström (1942), Amalia Lindegren (1814), Axel Pehrsson-Bramstorp (1883), and Ernst Alexanderson (1878). After him are Gösta Ekman (1890), Peter Artedi (1705), Jan Eliasson (1940), Ernst Josephson (1851), Svante Pääbo (1955), and Arvid Lindman (1862).

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Among LINGUISTS In Sweden

Among linguists born in Sweden, Bernhard Karlgren ranks 1. After him are Göran Malmqvist (1924) and Bo Ralph (1945).

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