LINGUIST

Eduard Sievers

1850 - 1932

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Eduard Sievers (German: [ˈeːduaʁt ˈziːvɐs]; 25 November 1850 – 30 March 1932) was a German philologist of the classical and Germanic languages. Sievers was one of the Junggrammatiker of the so-called "Leipzig School". He was one of the most influential historical linguists of the late nineteenth century. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Eduard Sievers has received more than 27,676 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Eduard Sievers is the 168th most popular linguist, the 4,940th most popular biography from Germany and the 29th most popular German Linguist.

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  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.59

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.56

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among LINGUISTS

Among linguists, Eduard Sievers ranks 168 out of 214. Before him are Kenneth Lee Pike, János Sajnovics, Waldemar Rosenberger, Hermann Möller, Sergei Starostin, and George Perkins Marsh. After him are Jane Ellen Harrison, Göran Malmqvist, Andrey Zaliznyak, Marcus Zuerius van Boxhorn, Christiane Nord, and Friedrich Kluge.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1850, Eduard Sievers ranks 101. Before him are Jean de Reszke, Franciszek Rychnowski, Betzy Akersloot-Berg, Franziskus von Bettinger, Alfred Maudslay, and Hermann Möller. After him are Jane Ellen Harrison, Robert Ridgway, John Milne, Guerra Junqueiro, William H. Welch, and Hans von Pechmann. Among people deceased in 1932, Eduard Sievers ranks 131. Before him are Kliment Boyadzhiev, Herbert Plumer, 1st Viscount Plumer, Howard Valentine, Charles Wallace Richmond, Donduk Kuular, and Frank Dixon. After him are Malcolm Whitman, Ernest Mangnall, Carl Johnson, Frantz Reichel, Leónidas Plaza, and Wovoka.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Eduard Sievers ranks 4,940 out of 7,253. Before him are Franz Sigel (1824), John Cordts (1935), Margot Eskens (1936), Wolfgang Krull (1899), Ludwig Ganghofer (1855), and Marius Müller-Westernhagen (1948). After him are Marieluise Fleißer (1901), Richard Rado (1906), Horst Wolter (1942), Martin Lauer (1937), Robin Gosens (1994), and Wolfgang Blochwitz (1941).

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Among LINGUISTS In Germany

Among linguists born in Germany, Eduard Sievers ranks 29. Before him are Heinrich Hübschmann (1848), Georg Curtius (1820), Felix Jacoby (1876), Hermann Osthoff (1847), Gerhard Rohlfs (1892), and Hermann Hirt (1865). After him are Christiane Nord (1943), Friedrich Kluge (1856), Helmut Rix (1926), and Georg Bühler (1837).

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