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Carl Brockelmann

1868 - 1956

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Carl Brockelmann (17 September 1868 – 6 May 1956) German Semiticist, was the foremost orientalist of his generation. He was a professor at the universities in Breslau, Berlin and, from 1903, Königsberg. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Carl Brockelmann has received more than 49,994 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia. Carl Brockelmann is the 77th most popular linguist (up from 78th in 2019), the 2,748th most popular biography from Germany (down from 2,675th in 2019) and the 18th most popular German Linguist.

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    Languages Editions (L)

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  • 2.08

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among LINGUISTS

Among linguists, Carl Brockelmann ranks 77 out of 214. Before him are Robert Morrison, Ahatanhel Krymsky, Émile Littré, William Labov, Max Nettlau, and Konrad Duden. After him are Ramón Menéndez Pidal, Agop Dilâçar, August Immanuel Bekker, Holger Pedersen, Leo Spitzer, and Jan Mukařovský.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1868, Carl Brockelmann ranks 101. Before him are Cai Yuanpei, Max Slevogt, Lauri Ingman, Edgar Lee Masters, Dawid Janowski, and Hovhannes Kajaznuni. After him are Georgy Voronoy, Prince Frederick of Schaumburg-Lippe, Mihailo Petrović, Archduke Leopold Ferdinand of Austria, Infanta Blanca of Spain, and Patriarch Miron of Romania. Among people deceased in 1956, Carl Brockelmann ranks 94. Before him are Évariste Lévi-Provençal, André Marty, Clifford Brown, Grand Duke Andrei Vladimirovich of Russia, Walter Gieseking, and Victor Young. After him are Marcel Griaule, Mohammed Hussein Heikal, Samad Vurgun, Harold Bride, Vladimir Obruchev, and Louis Rosier.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Carl Brockelmann ranks 2,748 out of 7,253. Before him are George II, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont (1789), Willi Schulz (1938), Hermann Tilke (1954), Richard Heidrich (1896), Mario Götze (1992), and Tilly Fleischer (1911). After him are Louis V, Elector Palatine (1478), Adolf, Count Palatine of the Rhine (1300), Stefan Bellof (1957), Princess Marie of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt (1850), Andreas Werckmeister (1645), and Poppo von Osterna (1200).

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Among LINGUISTS In Germany

Among linguists born in Germany, Carl Brockelmann ranks 18. Before him are Karl Lachmann (1793), Hugo Schuchardt (1842), Hermann Paul (1846), Karl Brugmann (1849), Friedrich Christian Diez (1794), and Konrad Duden (1829). After him are August Immanuel Bekker (1785), Alexander Gode (1906), Adolf Erman (1854), Johannes Schmidt (1843), Heinrich Hübschmann (1848), and Georg Curtius (1820).

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