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Friedrich August Wolf

1759 - 1824

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Friedrich August Wolf (German: [vɔlf]; 15 February 1759 – 8 August 1824) was a German classicist who is considered the founder of classical and modern philology. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Friedrich August Wolf has received more than 70,592 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia. Friedrich August Wolf is the 43rd most popular linguist (down from 33rd in 2019), the 1,514th most popular biography from Germany (down from 1,301st in 2019) and the 10th most popular German Linguist.

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  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 9.13

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.72

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among LINGUISTS

Among linguists, Friedrich August Wolf ranks 43 out of 214. Before him are Benjamin Lee Whorf, Jan Baudouin de Courtenay, Otto Jespersen, André Martinet, Vilhelm Thomsen, and Bedřich Hrozný. After him are August Leskien, Karl Lachmann, Charles Bally, Leonard Bloomfield, Abu al-Aswad al-Du'ali, and Joseph Greenberg.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1759, Friedrich August Wolf ranks 14. Before him are William Pitt the Younger, William Wilberforce, Clotilde of France, Hedvig Elisabeth Charlotte of Holstein-Gottorp, Maria Theresia von Paradis, and Maximilian, Hereditary Prince of Saxony. After him are Pierre-Joseph Redouté, Ludwig Yorck von Wartenburg, Jacques Cathelineau, Wilhelm Friedrich Ernst Bach, François Devienne, and Johann Christian Reil. Among people deceased in 1824, Friedrich August Wolf ranks 18. Before him are Rama II of Siam, Anne-Louis Girodet de Roussy-Trioson, Maine de Biran, Maria Luisa, Duchess of Lucca, Maria Theresia von Paradis, and Charles-François Lebrun. After him are Ercole Consalvi, Joseph Joubert, Kamehameha II, Princess Antoinette of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, Countess Palatine Maria Anna of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld, and Charles Maturin.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Friedrich August Wolf ranks 1,514 out of 7,253. Before him are Wilhelm Müller (1794), Beno Gutenberg (1889), Stephen II, Duke of Bavaria (1319), Sophia of Bavaria (1376), Hans Burgkmair (1473), and Wolfram Sievers (1905). After him are Conrad Veidt (1893), John Ernest IV, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (1658), Hermann Carl Vogel (1841), Arnold van Gennep (1873), Ernest Frederick, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (1724), and Gertrude of Merania (1185).

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Among LINGUISTS In Germany

Among linguists born in Germany, Friedrich August Wolf ranks 10. Before him are Jost Gippert (1956), Johann Martin Schleyer (1831), Johann Christoph Adelung (1732), Michel Bréal (1832), Georg Friedrich Grotefend (1775), and Vasily Radlov (1837). After him are August Leskien (1840), Karl Lachmann (1793), Hugo Schuchardt (1842), Hermann Paul (1846), Karl Brugmann (1849), and Friedrich Christian Diez (1794).

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