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Eliezer Ben-Yehuda

1858 - 1922

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Eliezer Ben‑Yehuda (born Eliezer Yitzhak Perlman; 7 January 1858 – 16 December 1922) was a Russian–Jewish linguist, lexicographer, and journalist. He is renowned as the lexicographer of the first Hebrew dictionary and also as the editor of Jerusalem-based HaZvi, one of the first Hebrew newspapers published in the Land of Israel. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Eliezer Ben-Yehuda has received more than 557,411 page views. His biography is available in 65 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 63 in 2019). Eliezer Ben-Yehuda is the 11th most popular linguist, the 9th most popular biography from Lithuania (up from 15th in 2019) and the most popular Lithuanian Linguist.

Eliezer Ben-Yehuda is most famous for his work in the revival of the Hebrew language.

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  • 560k

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  • 67.93

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 65

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.52

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.00

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among LINGUISTS

Among linguists, Eliezer Ben-Yehuda ranks 11 out of 214. Before him are Antoine Meillet, William James Sidis, Roman Jakobson, Noah Webster, Edgar de Wahl, and Mesrop Mashtots. After him are Franz Bopp, Pāṇini, August Schleicher, Rasmus Rask, Kūkai, and Edward Sapir.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1858, Eliezer Ben-Yehuda ranks 13. Before him are Gustaf V of Sweden, Rudolf Diesel, Georg Simmel, Omar Mukhtar, Emmeline Pankhurst, and Giuseppe Peano. After him are Christiaan Eijkman, Charles de Foucauld, Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein, Emma of Waldeck and Pyrmont, Franz Boas, and Marie Bashkirtseff. Among people deceased in 1922, Eliezer Ben-Yehuda ranks 9. Before him are Pope Benedict XV, Charles I of Austria, Enver Pasha, Erich von Falkenhayn, Charles Louis Alphonse Laveran, and Fredrik Bajer. After him are Hermann Rorschach, Walther Rathenau, Georges Sorel, Djemal Pasha, Michael Collins, and Ernest Shackleton.

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In Lithuania

Among people born in Lithuania, Eliezer Ben-Yehuda ranks 9 out of 328. Before him are Vytautas (1352), Gediminas (1275), Czesław Miłosz (1911), Mindaugas (1203), Emmanuel Levinas (1906), and Hermann Minkowski (1864). After him are Emma Goldman (1869), Algirdas (1296), Pyotr Wrangel (1878), Kęstutis (1297), César Cui (1835), and Romain Gary (1914).

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Among LINGUISTS In Lithuania

Among linguists born in Lithuania, Eliezer Ben-Yehuda ranks 1. After him are Kazimieras Būga (1879).

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