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Daniel Everett

1951 - Today

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Daniel Leonard Everett (born July 26, 1951) is an American linguist and author best known for his study of the Amazon basin's Pirahã people and their language. Everett is currently Trustee Professor of Cognitive Sciences at Bentley University in Waltham, Massachusetts. From July 1, 2010, to June 30, 2018, Everett served as Dean of Arts and Sciences at Bentley. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Daniel Everett has received more than 443,454 page views. Her biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Daniel Everett is the 202nd most popular linguist (down from 173rd in 2019), the 11,819th most popular biography from United States (down from 9,407th in 2019) and the 22nd most popular American Linguist.

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  • 440k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 41.28

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.45

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.19

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among LINGUISTS

Among linguists, Daniel Everett ranks 202 out of 214. Before her are Robert Blust, Lyle Campbell, Dmitry Ushakov, Bo Ralph, Rogier Blokland, and Sophus Bugge. After her are Johan Ludvig Heiberg, Einar Haugen, Geoffrey Hull, Henry Watson Fowler, Rudolf Thurneysen, and Ian Hancock.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1951, Daniel Everett ranks 603. Before her are Thomas Akers, John Glascock, Jürgen Rüttgers, Françoise Nyssen, Hans Bongartz, and James Patrick Kelly. After her are Ahmed Tidiane Souaré, Anna Löwenstein, Jadwiga Jankowska-Cieślak, John Kennedy, Gloria Diaz, and Greg Valentine.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Daniel Everett ranks 11,819 out of 20,380. Before her are Donna Dixon (1957), James Patrick Kelly (1951), Loudon Wainwright III (1946), Calvin Murphy (1948), Muhal Richard Abrams (1930), and Janet Evanovich (1943). After her are Ron Klain (1961), Jeffrey Nordling (1962), Carl Pomerance (1944), Amber Tamblyn (1983), Richard Carlson (1912), and Auliʻi Cravalho (2000).

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Among LINGUISTS In United States

Among linguists born in United States, Daniel Everett ranks 22. Before her are Kenneth Lee Pike (1912), George Perkins Marsh (1801), Dell Hymes (1927), Alice Kober (1906), Robert Blust (1940), and Lyle Campbell (1942). After her are Einar Haugen (1906), and Mary Haas (1910).

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