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Bo Ralph

1945 - Today

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Bo Rune Ingemar Ralph (born 4 October 1945) is a Swedish linguist, member of the Swedish Academy, and professor of Nordic Languages at the Department of Swedish Language at Gothenburg University. He was elected to the Swedish Academy on 15 April 1999 and admitted on 20 December 1999. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bo Ralph has received more than 14,377 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Bo Ralph is the 181st most popular linguist (down from 154th in 2019), the 1,062nd most popular biography from Sweden (down from 794th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Swedish Linguist.

Memorability Metrics

  • 14k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 39.72

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.17

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.09

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among LINGUISTS

Among linguists, Bo Ralph ranks 181 out of 161Before him are Georg Bühler, Geoffrey Hull, Lyle Campbell, Henry Sweet, Johan Ludvig Heiberg, and Monier Monier-Williams. After him are Sophus Bugge, Henry Watson Fowler, Rudolf Thurneysen, Rogier Blokland, and Ranko Matasović.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1945, Bo Ralph ranks 535Before him are Bill Weld, Mike Garson, Bruce Broughton, Odd Iversen, Max Hastings, and Hanan al-Shaykh. After him are Hadja Saran Daraba Kaba, Suzanne Farrell, Miriam Defensor Santiago, Fyodor Simashev, Wilma Mankiller, and August Wilson.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Bo Ralph ranks 1,062 out of 1,612Before him are Bengt-Åke Gustafsson (1958), Elsa Hosk (1988), Sverker Johansson (1961), Klas Östergren (1955), Kenny Bräck (1966), and Nils Silfverskiöld (1888). After him are Elize Ryd (1984), Hanna Öberg (1995), Tuva Novotny (1979), Maud Olofsson (1955), Gunnar Larsson (1944), and Rudolf Degermark (1886).

Among LINGUISTS In Sweden

Among linguists born in Sweden, Bo Ralph ranks 3Before him are Bernhard Karlgren (1889) and Göran Malmqvist (1924).