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Charles Bally

1865 - 1947

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Charles Bally (French: [bɑji]; 4 February 1865, Geneva – 10 April 1947, Geneva) was a Swiss linguist from the Geneva School. He lived from 1865 to 1947 and was, like Ferdinand de Saussure, from Switzerland. His parents were Jean Gabriel, a teacher, and Henriette, the owner of a cloth store. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Charles Bally has received more than 48,633 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Charles Bally is the 46th most popular linguist (up from 47th in 2019), the 163rd most popular biography from Switzerland (up from 167th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Swiss Linguist.

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  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

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  • 1.48

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Among LINGUISTS

Among linguists, Charles Bally ranks 46 out of 161Before him are André Martinet, Gabdulkhay Akhatov, Vilhelm Thomsen, Leonard Bloomfield, George Lakoff, and Joseph Greenberg. After him are Hesychius of Alexandria, Vatroslav Jagić, Hermann Paul, Tuone Udaina, Boris Kolker, and Josef Dobrovský.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1865, Charles Bally ranks 53Before him are Shigechiyo Izumi, Nikola Zhekov, Patriarch Tikhon of Moscow, Albrecht, Duke of Württemberg, Sabino Arana, and Rainis. After him are Duchess Amalie in Bavaria, Abraham Isaac Kook, Anandi Gopal Joshi, Jovan Cvijić, Bronisława Dłuska, and Princess Elisabeth of Saxe-Altenburg. Among people deceased in 1947, Charles Bally ranks 69Before him are Alfredo Casella, Ananda Coomaraswamy, Archduchess Louise of Austria, Heinrich Schwarz, Helmuth von Pannwitz, and Ludwig Fischer. After him are Maxwell Perkins, Wolfgang Borchert, Paul P. Harris, Arthur Machen, Władysław Raczkiewicz, and Hugh Lofting.

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In Switzerland

Among people born in Switzerland, Charles Bally ranks 163 out of 876Before him are Ulrich of Augsburg (890), Billy Meier (1937), Peter Sauber (1943), Jean-Robert Argand (1768), Kurt Huber (1893), and Charles Gleyre (1806). After him are Ami Argand (1750), Albert von Kölliker (1817), Rudolf II, Count of Habsburg (1168), Simonetta Sommaruga (1960), Robert Frank (1924), and Grock (1880).

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), Heinrich Schmid (1921), Jacob Wackernagel (1853), and Rudolf Thurneysen (1857).