1945 - Today
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.
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Among linguists, Bo Ralph ranks 181 out of 161. Before 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.
1837 - 1898
HPI: 42.11
Rank: 175
1955 - Present
HPI: 42.03
Rank: 176
1942 - Present
HPI: 41.51
Rank: 177
1845 - 1912
HPI: 41.42
Rank: 178
1854 - 1928
HPI: 40.98
Rank: 179
1819 - 1899
HPI: 40.53
Rank: 180
1945 - Present
HPI: 39.72
Rank: 181
1833 - 1907
HPI: 39.40
Rank: 182
1858 - 1933
HPI: 38.52
Rank: 183
1857 - 1940
HPI: 37.97
Rank: 184
1971 - Present
HPI: 37.15
Rank: 185
1968 - Present
HPI: 29.37
Rank: 186
Among people born in 1945, Bo Ralph ranks 535. Before 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.
1945 - Present
HPI: 40.09
Rank: 529
1945 - Present
HPI: 40.09
Rank: 530
1945 - Present
HPI: 40.03
Rank: 531
1945 - 2014
HPI: 39.96
Rank: 532
1945 - Present
HPI: 39.90
Rank: 533
1945 - Present
HPI: 39.89
Rank: 534
1945 - Present
HPI: 39.72
Rank: 535
1945 - Present
HPI: 39.37
Rank: 536
1945 - Present
HPI: 39.29
Rank: 537
1945 - 2016
HPI: 39.23
Rank: 538
1945 - 1997
HPI: 39.19
Rank: 539
1945 - 2010
HPI: 39.17
Rank: 540
1945 - 2005
HPI: 39.12
Rank: 541
Among people born in Sweden, Bo Ralph ranks 1,062 out of 1,612. Before 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).
1958 - Present
HPI: 39.80
Rank: 1,056
1988 - Present
HPI: 39.79
Rank: 1,057
1961 - Present
HPI: 39.78
Rank: 1,058
1955 - Present
HPI: 39.75
Rank: 1,059
1966 - Present
HPI: 39.74
Rank: 1,060
1888 - 1957
HPI: 39.72
Rank: 1,061
1945 - Present
HPI: 39.72
Rank: 1,062
1984 - Present
HPI: 39.70
Rank: 1,063
1995 - Present
HPI: 39.69
Rank: 1,064
1979 - Present
HPI: 39.65
Rank: 1,065
1955 - Present
HPI: 39.63
Rank: 1,066
1944 - Present
HPI: 39.57
Rank: 1,067
1886 - 1960
HPI: 39.54
Rank: 1,068
Among linguists born in Sweden, Bo Ralph ranks 3. Before him are Bernhard Karlgren (1889) and Göran Malmqvist (1924).
1889 - 1978
HPI: 51.43
Rank: 1
1924 - 2019
HPI: 45.87
Rank: 2
1945 - Present
HPI: 39.72
Rank: 3