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Daniel Everett

1951 - Today

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Daniel Leonard Everett (born 26 July 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 418,635 page views. Her biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Daniel Everett is the 174th most popular linguist (down from 148th in 2019), the 9,428th most popular biography from United States (down from 7,713th in 2019) and the 18th most popular American Linguist.

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  • 420k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 42.21

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.32

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.82

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among LINGUISTS

Among linguists, Daniel Everett ranks 174 out of 161. Before her are Vladislav Illich-Svitych, Jacob Wackernagel, María Rosa Lida de Malkiel, Ivan Kuratov, Alexander Melville Bell, and Takekazu Asaka. After her are Georg Bühler, Geoffrey Hull, Lyle Campbell, Henry Sweet, Johan Ludvig Heiberg, and Monier Monier-Williams.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1951, Daniel Everett ranks 470. Before her are Tress MacNeille, Helen Zille, Fiorella Bonicelli, Carlo Vanzina, Paulo Kassoma, and Jonathan Richman. After her are Māris Gailis, Brian Downey, John L. Phillips, Konrad Weise, Gaston Kaboré, and Mick Garris.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Daniel Everett ranks 9,428 out of 18,182. Before her are Dean Cundey (1946), Jonathan Richman (1951), Len Wiseman (1973), Joe Lovano (1952), Aisha Tyler (1970), and Alison Krauss (1971). After her are Betty Blythe (1893), Ray Mercer (1961), George Henry Thomas (1816), Allen Daviau (1942), Mara Wilson (1987), and David Gates (1940).

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Among LINGUISTS In United States

Among linguists born in United States, Daniel Everett ranks 18. Before her are Morris Swadesh (1909), William Dwight Whitney (1827), Robert Blust (1940), Charles F. Hockett (1916), Alice Kober (1906), and Dell Hymes (1927). After her are Lyle Campbell (1942).

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