LINGUIST

Francisco Rodríguez Adrados

1922 - 2020

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Francisco Rodríguez Adrados (29 March 1922 – 21 July 2020) was a Spanish Hellenist, linguist and translator. He worked most of his career at the Complutense University of Madrid. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Francisco Rodríguez Adrados has received more than 37,940 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Francisco Rodríguez Adrados is the 178th most popular linguist (down from 163rd in 2019), the 1,750th most popular biography from Spain (down from 1,538th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Spanish Linguist.

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  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

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  • 2.15

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among LINGUISTS

Among linguists, Francisco Rodríguez Adrados ranks 178 out of 214Before him are Marcus Zuerius van Boxhorn, Christiane Nord, Friedrich Kluge, Dell Hymes, Lev Shcherba, and John Rupert Firth. After him are Vladislav Illich-Svitych, Ivan Kuratov, Monier Monier-Williams, John Eliot, Oswald Szemerényi, and Ray Jackendoff.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1922, Francisco Rodríguez Adrados ranks 359Before him are Umberto Betti, Georgy Adelson-Velsky, Melvin Laird, Gustaf Jansson, Lukas Foss, and Rudolf Haag. After him are Jim Pollard, Milton H. Greene, Don Patinkin, Ray Anthony, Nino Bibbia, and Derek J. de Solla Price. Among people deceased in 2020, Francisco Rodríguez Adrados ranks 546Before him are Rita Sargsyan, Phyllis Somerville, Valdir Espinosa, Olga Tass, Carlos Campos, and Jean Brankart. After him are Abby Dalton, Pedro Pablo León, Willi Holdorf, Giuliana Minuzzo, Volodymyr Troshkin, and Sapardi Djoko Damono.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Francisco Rodríguez Adrados ranks 1,750 out of 3,355Before him are Eduardo González Valiño (1911), Mikel Oyarzabal (1997), Elvira Lindo (1962), Fidel Pagés (1886), Francisco Pagazaurtundúa (1894), and Eduard Fernández (1964). After him are Juan Antonio San Epifanio (1959), Edurne Pasaban (1973), Dani Ceballos (1996), José Posada Herrera (1814), Valentín Paz-Andrade (1898), and Ricky Rubio (1990).

Among LINGUISTS In Spain

Among linguists born in Spain, Francisco Rodríguez Adrados ranks 6Before him are Pompeu Fabra (1868), Ramón Menéndez Pidal (1869), Joan Coromines (1905), Germà Colón (1928), and Martí de Riquer i Morera (1914).