1800 - 1894
Brian Houghton Hodgson (1 February 1800 or more likely 1801 – 23 May 1894) was a pioneer naturalist and ethnologist working in India and Nepal where he was a British Resident. He described numerous species of birds and mammals from the Himalayas, and several birds were named after him by others such as Edward Blyth. He was a scholar of Newar Buddhism and wrote extensively on a range of topics relating to linguistics and religion. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Brian Houghton Hodgson has received more than 107,123 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Brian Houghton Hodgson is the 145th most popular linguist (down from 107th in 2019), the 3,558th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,645th in 2019) and the 7th most popular British Linguist.
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Among linguists, Brian Houghton Hodgson ranks 145 out of 161. Before him are Sylvain Lévi, Gerhard Rohlfs, Vladimir Toporov, Charles F. Hockett, Alice Kober, and Dell Hymes. After him are Jane Ellen Harrison, Gideon Toury, Friedrich von Adelung, James Legge, John Lyons, and Göran Malmqvist.
1863 - 1935
HPI: 46.80
Rank: 139
1892 - 1986
HPI: 46.70
Rank: 140
1928 - 2005
HPI: 46.58
Rank: 141
1916 - 2000
HPI: 46.42
Rank: 142
1906 - 1950
HPI: 46.36
Rank: 143
1927 - 2009
HPI: 46.32
Rank: 144
1800 - 1894
HPI: 46.31
Rank: 145
1850 - 1928
HPI: 46.31
Rank: 146
1942 - 2016
HPI: 46.27
Rank: 147
1768 - 1843
HPI: 46.18
Rank: 148
1815 - 1897
HPI: 46.17
Rank: 149
1932 - 2020
HPI: 46.13
Rank: 150
1924 - 2019
HPI: 45.87
Rank: 151
Among people born in 1800, Brian Houghton Hodgson ranks 63. Before him are Roberto de Visiani, Pierre Charles Fournier de Saint-Amant, Sayed Morad Khan, Heinrich Göppert, Charles Antoine Lemaire, and Rómulo Díaz de la Vega. After him are Kolyu Ficheto, Sir William Jardine, 7th Baronet, Juan Francisco de Vidal, George Bancroft, Ali Shah Durrani, and Carl Meissner. Among people deceased in 1894, Brian Houghton Hodgson ranks 70. Before him are Gillis Bildt, Jubal Early, Illarion Pryanishnikov, Hilarión Daza, Joseph Schröter, and Baron Karl von Hasenauer. After him are Emilio Arrieta, Alphons Czibulka, Victor Duruy, Francisco Asenjo Barbieri, Kitamura Tokoku, and Lobengula.
1800 - 1878
HPI: 48.18
Rank: 57
1800 - 1872
HPI: 47.73
Rank: 58
1800 - 1789
HPI: 47.62
Rank: 59
1800 - 1884
HPI: 47.52
Rank: 60
1800 - 1871
HPI: 46.81
Rank: 61
1800 - 1877
HPI: 46.52
Rank: 62
1800 - 1894
HPI: 46.31
Rank: 63
1800 - 1881
HPI: 45.25
Rank: 64
1800 - 1874
HPI: 44.75
Rank: 65
1800 - 1863
HPI: 44.33
Rank: 66
1800 - 1891
HPI: 43.80
Rank: 67
1800 - 1900
HPI: 43.79
Rank: 68
1800 - 1874
HPI: 41.83
Rank: 69
1820 - 1894
HPI: 47.61
Rank: 64
1816 - 1894
HPI: 47.54
Rank: 65
1840 - 1894
HPI: 47.24
Rank: 66
1840 - 1894
HPI: 46.72
Rank: 67
1837 - 1894
HPI: 46.53
Rank: 68
1833 - 1894
HPI: 46.43
Rank: 69
1800 - 1894
HPI: 46.31
Rank: 70
1823 - 1894
HPI: 46.27
Rank: 71
1842 - 1894
HPI: 45.94
Rank: 72
1811 - 1894
HPI: 45.60
Rank: 73
1823 - 1894
HPI: 45.60
Rank: 74
1868 - 1894
HPI: 45.60
Rank: 75
1845 - 1894
HPI: 45.58
Rank: 76
Among people born in United Kingdom, Brian Houghton Hodgson ranks 3,558 out of 7,765. Before him are N. E. Brown (1849), Kevin McKidd (1973), William Thomas Blanford (1832), John Rimmer (1878), Donald Sumpter (1943), and Prince George of Cambridge (2013). After him are Sir William Temple, 1st Baronet (1628), Thomas Dekker (1572), Jane Ellen Harrison (1850), Wilfred Baddeley (1872), Thomas Morley (1557), and Harry Stafford (1869).
1849 - 1934
HPI: 46.32
Rank: 3,552
1973 - Present
HPI: 46.32
Rank: 3,553
1832 - 1905
HPI: 46.32
Rank: 3,554
1878 - 1962
HPI: 46.32
Rank: 3,555
1943 - Present
HPI: 46.32
Rank: 3,556
2013 - Present
HPI: 46.31
Rank: 3,557
1800 - 1894
HPI: 46.31
Rank: 3,558
1628 - 1699
HPI: 46.31
Rank: 3,559
1572 - 1632
HPI: 46.31
Rank: 3,560
1850 - 1928
HPI: 46.31
Rank: 3,561
1872 - 1929
HPI: 46.30
Rank: 3,562
1557 - 1602
HPI: 46.30
Rank: 3,563
1869 - 1940
HPI: 46.30
Rank: 3,564
Among linguists born in United Kingdom, Brian Houghton Hodgson ranks 7. Before him are William Jones (1746), Michael Halliday (1925), Robert Morrison (1782), John Chadwick (1920), Daniel Jones (1881), and John Florio (1553). After him are Jane Ellen Harrison (1850), James Legge (1815), John Lyons (1932), John Eliot (1604), Henry Liddell (1811), and John Rupert Firth (1890).
1746 - 1794
HPI: 62.55
Rank: 1
1925 - 2018
HPI: 54.82
Rank: 2
1782 - 1834
HPI: 54.33
Rank: 3
1920 - 1998
HPI: 53.21
Rank: 4
1881 - 1967
HPI: 49.66
Rank: 5
1553 - 1625
HPI: 49.33
Rank: 6
1800 - 1894
HPI: 46.31
Rank: 7
1850 - 1928
HPI: 46.31
Rank: 8
1815 - 1897
HPI: 46.17
Rank: 9
1932 - 2020
HPI: 46.13
Rank: 10
1604 - 1690
HPI: 45.46
Rank: 11
1811 - 1898
HPI: 44.83
Rank: 12
1890 - 1960
HPI: 44.47
Rank: 13