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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 65,830 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Friedrich August Wolf is the 33rd most popular linguist (down from 32nd in 2019), the 1,301st most popular biography from Germany (down from 1,242nd in 2019) and the 9th most popular German Linguist.

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  • 26

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Among LINGUISTS

Among linguists, Friedrich August Wolf ranks 33 out of 161. Before him are Franz Miklosich, Louis Hjelmslev, Johann Christoph Adelung, Michel Bréal, Pompeu Fabra, and Jost Gippert. After him are Jan Baudouin de Courtenay, Edgar de Wahl, Alexandre de Rhodes, Bedřich Hrozný, Benjamin Lee Whorf, and Vasily Radlov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1759, Friedrich August Wolf ranks 14. Before him are William Wilberforce, William Pitt the Younger, Clotilde of France, Hedvig Elisabeth Charlotte of Holstein-Gottorp, Maximilian, Hereditary Prince of Saxony, and Maria Theresia von Paradis. After him are Pierre-Joseph Redouté, Ludwig Yorck von Wartenburg, Jacques Cathelineau, Wilhelm Friedrich Ernst Bach, James Edward Smith, and François Devienne. Among people deceased in 1824, Friedrich August Wolf ranks 17. Before him are Anne-Louis Girodet de Roussy-Trioson, Maria Luisa, Duchess of Lucca, Maine de Biran, Maria Theresia von Paradis, Rama II of Siam, and Jean Jacques Régis de Cambacérès. After him are Charles-François Lebrun, Kamehameha II, Joseph Joubert, Charles Maturin, Princess Antoinette of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, and Maria Anna of Savoy, Duchess of Chablais.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Friedrich August Wolf ranks 1,301 out of 6,142. Before him are Erwin Neher (1944), Franz Walter Stahlecker (1900), Bernhard Rust (1883), Alfred Einstein (1880), Princess Mary Adelaide of Cambridge (1833), and Friedrich Kalkbrenner (1784). After him are Bert Sakmann (1942), Maximilian de Beauharnais, 3rd Duke of Leuchtenberg (1817), Princess Margaretha of Saxony (1840), Reinhard Genzel (1952), Mesut Özil (1988), and Ludwig Quidde (1858).

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Among LINGUISTS In Germany

Among linguists born in Germany, Friedrich August Wolf ranks 9. Before him are August Schleicher (1821), Johann Martin Schleyer (1831), Georg Friedrich Grotefend (1775), Johann Christoph Adelung (1732), Michel Bréal (1832), and Jost Gippert (1956). After him are Vasily Radlov (1837), Hermann Paul (1846), Karl Lachmann (1793), August Leskien (1840), Friedrich Christian Diez (1794), and Hugo Schuchardt (1842).

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