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Boris Kolker

1939 - Today

Boris Kolker

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 15,368 page views. His biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia. Boris Kolker is the 51st most popular linguist (up from 56th in 2019), the 13th most popular biography from Moldova (down from 12th in 2019) and the most popular Moldovan Linguist.

Memorability Metrics

15k
Page Views (PV)
55.68
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
34
Languages Editions (L)
14.08
Effective Languages (L*)
1.83
Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among LINGUISTS

Among linguists, Boris Kolker ranks 51 out of 161. Before him are Joseph Greenberg, Charles Bally, Hesychius of Alexandria, Vatroslav Jagić, Hermann Paul, and Tuone Udaina. After him are Josef Dobrovský, Karl Lachmann, Eugenio Coșeriu, Claude Piron, August Leskien, and Friedrich Christian Diez.

Most Popular Linguists in Wikipedia

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Joseph Greenberg
1915 - 2001
HPI: 57.12
Rank: 45
Charles Bally
1865 - 1947
HPI: 56.72
Rank: 46
Hesychius of Alexandria
500 - 500
HPI: 56.56
Rank: 47
Vatroslav Jagić
1838 - 1923
HPI: 56.14
Rank: 48
Hermann Paul
1846 - 1921
HPI: 55.90
Rank: 49
Tuone Udaina
1821 - 1898
HPI: 55.70
Rank: 50
Boris Kolker
1939 - Present
HPI: 55.68
Rank: 51
Josef Dobrovský
1753 - 1829
HPI: 55.48
Rank: 52
Karl Lachmann
1793 - 1851
HPI: 55.37
Rank: 53
Eugenio Coșeriu
1921 - 2002
HPI: 55.31
Rank: 54
Claude Piron
1931 - 2008
HPI: 55.17
Rank: 55
August Leskien
1840 - 1916
HPI: 55.08
Rank: 56
Friedrich Christian Diez
1794 - 1876
HPI: 54.90
Rank: 57

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1939, Boris Kolker ranks 125. Before him are Karel Brückner, Joseph D. Pistone, Barbara Liskov, Velibor Vasović, Tarcisio Burgnich, and Stanisław Dziwisz. After him are Pilar Bardem, Norman Davies, Alan Baker, Vladimir Menshov, Prince Michael of Greece and Denmark, and Kim Jae-ryong.

Others Born in 1939

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Karel Brückner
1939 - Present
HPI: 56.37
Rank: 119
Joseph D. Pistone
1939 - Present
HPI: 56.23
Rank: 120
Barbara Liskov
1939 - Present
HPI: 56.12
Rank: 121
Velibor Vasović
1939 - 2002
HPI: 56.12
Rank: 122
Tarcisio Burgnich
1939 - 2021
HPI: 55.89
Rank: 123
Stanisław Dziwisz
1939 - Present
HPI: 55.72
Rank: 124
Boris Kolker
1939 - Present
HPI: 55.68
Rank: 125
Pilar Bardem
1939 - 2021
HPI: 55.66
Rank: 126
Norman Davies
1939 - Present
HPI: 55.64
Rank: 127
Alan Baker
1939 - 2018
HPI: 55.63
Rank: 128
Vladimir Menshov
1939 - 2021
HPI: 55.61
Rank: 129
Prince Michael of Greece and Denmark
1939 - Present
HPI: 55.55
Rank: 130
Kim Jae-ryong
1939 - Present
HPI: 55.51
Rank: 131