LINGUIST

Boris Kolker

1939 - Today

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Boris Grigorevich Kolker (Russian: Борис Григорьевич Колкер; born July 15, 1939, in Tiraspol, Moldavian ASSR, Soviet Union) is a language teacher, translator and advocate of the international language Esperanto. He was until 1993 a Soviet and Russian citizen and since then has been a resident and citizen of the United States residing in Cleveland, Ohio. In 1985 he was awarded a Ph.D. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Boris Kolker has received more than 15,863 page views. His biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia. Boris Kolker is the 69th most popular linguist (down from 51st in 2019), the 23rd most popular biography from Moldova (down from 13th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Moldovan Linguist.

Memorability Metrics

  • 16k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 54.75

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 34

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 12.79

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.03

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among LINGUISTS

Among linguists, Boris Kolker ranks 69 out of 214. Before him are Louis Duchesne, Claude Piron, Joshua Fishman, Louis de Beaufront, Friedrich Christian Diez, and Ghil'ad Zuckermann. After him are Wilhelm Meyer-Lübke, Robert Morrison, Ahatanhel Krymsky, Émile Littré, William Labov, and Max Nettlau.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1939, Boris Kolker ranks 175. Before him are Susan Flannery, John Badham, Jalaluddin Haqqani, Alfredo Palacio, Russell Means, and Judy Chicago. After him are Telesphore Toppo, R. Budd Dwyer, Heinz Holliger, Czesław Niemen, Romualdo Arppi Filho, and Pilar Bardem.

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In Moldova

Among people born in Moldova, Boris Kolker ranks 23 out of 107. Before him are Eugenio Coșeriu (1921), Ion Druță (1928), Maria Cebotari (1910), Alexey Shchusev (1873), Lev Berg (1876), and Nikolay Zelinsky (1861). After him are Jerzy Neyman (1894), Grigory Kotovsky (1881), Mihai Ghimpu (1951), Lia Manoliu (1932), Vladimir Albitsky (1891), and Gary Bertini (1927).

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Among LINGUISTS In Moldova

Among linguists born in Moldova, Boris Kolker ranks 2. Before him are Eugenio Coșeriu (1921). After him are Bogdan Petriceicu Hasdeu (1838).

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