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Charles Bally

1865 - 1947

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Charles Bally (French: [bali]; 4 February 1865 – 10 April 1947) was a Swiss linguist who was a representative of the Geneva School of linguistics. In addition to his edition of Ferdinand de Saussure's lectures, Course in General Linguistics (co-edited by Albert Sechehaye), Charles Bally also played an important role in linguistics. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Charles Bally has received more than 52,310 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia. Charles Bally is the 46th most popular linguist, the 159th most popular biography from Switzerland (up from 163rd in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Swiss Linguist.

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Among LINGUISTS

Among linguists, Charles Bally ranks 46 out of 214Before him are André Martinet, Vilhelm Thomsen, Bedřich Hrozný, Friedrich August Wolf, August Leskien, and Karl Lachmann. After him are Leonard Bloomfield, Abu al-Aswad al-Du'ali, Joseph Greenberg, Hugo Schuchardt, Hermann Paul, and Vatroslav Jagić.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1865, Charles Bally ranks 49Before him are Rüdiger von der Goltz, Princess Marie of Orléans, Wilfrid Voynich, Abraham Isaac Kook, Frederick Cook, and Rainis. After him are Edith Cavell, Wilbur Scoville, Sabino Arana, Jovan Cvijić, Shigechiyo Izumi, and Hannah Chaplin. Among people deceased in 1947, Charles Bally ranks 63Before him are Huda Sha'arawi, Slavko Kvaternik, Hermine Reuss of Greiz, Alfredo Casella, Władysław Raczkiewicz, and Franz Xaver Schwarz. After him are Hugh Lofting, Archduchess Louise of Austria, William C. Durant, Osami Nagano, Alice Keppel, and Arthur Machen.

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In Switzerland

Among people born in Switzerland, Charles Bally ranks 159 out of 1,015Before him are Köbi Kuhn (1943), Ulrich of Augsburg (890), Max Bill (1908), Rudolf I, Duke of Bavaria (1274), Ernest Bloch (1880), and Archduke Rudolf of Austria (1919). After him are Kurt Huber (1893), Édouard Claparède (1873), Jean-Robert Argand (1768), Ernest Ansermet (1883), Robert Frank (1924), and Walter H. Schottky (1886).

Among LINGUISTS In Switzerland

Among linguists born in Switzerland, Charles Bally ranks 2Before him are Ferdinand de Saussure (1857). After him are Wilhelm Meyer-Lübke (1861), Albert Sechehaye (1870), Jules Gilliéron (1854), Walther von Wartburg (1888), Heinrich Schmid (1921), and Rudolf Thurneysen (1857).