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Friedrich Christian Diez

1794 - 1876

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Friedrich Christian Diez (German pronunciation: [diːts]; 15 March 1794 – 29 May 1876) was a German philologist. The two works on which his fame rests are the Grammar of the Romance Languages (published 1836–1844), and the Etymological Dictionary of the Romance Languages (1853, and later editions). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Friedrich Christian Diez has received more than 29,942 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Friedrich Christian Diez is the 67th most popular linguist (down from 57th in 2019), the 2,411th most popular biography from Germany (down from 2,177th in 2019) and the 16th most popular German Linguist.

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Among LINGUISTS

Among linguists, Friedrich Christian Diez ranks 67 out of 214. Before him are Matthias Castrén, Vilém Mathesius, Louis Duchesne, Claude Piron, Joshua Fishman, and Louis de Beaufront. After him are Ghil'ad Zuckermann, Boris Kolker, Wilhelm Meyer-Lübke, Robert Morrison, Ahatanhel Krymsky, and Émile Littré.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1794, Friedrich Christian Diez ranks 18. Before him are Eduard Rüppell, Léon Cogniet, Eilhard Mitscherlich, Mirza Shafi Vazeh, Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius, and Pyotr Chaadayev. After him are Ami Boué, Johann Heinrich von Mädler, Leopold IV, Duke of Anhalt, Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld, Achille Richard, and Jean Pierre Flourens. Among people deceased in 1876, Friedrich Christian Diez ranks 29. Before him are Juan Pablo Duarte, Philipp Mainländer, Duchess Caroline Mariane of Mecklenburg, Infanta Isabel Maria of Braganza, Eugène Fromentin, and George Smith. After him are Friedrich von Berchtold, Adolphe-Théodore Brongniart, Joseph Jenkins Roberts, Louise Colet, Giacomo Antonelli, and Aleksander Fredro.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Friedrich Christian Diez ranks 2,411 out of 7,253. Before him are August von Platen-Hallermünde (1796), Matthäus Daniel Pöppelmann (1662), Karl Krumbacher (1856), Albert Alcibiades, Margrave of Brandenburg-Kulmbach (1522), Erich Topp (1914), and Johann Nikolaus von Hontheim (1701). After him are Heinrich Bär (1913), Joseph, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg (1789), Astrid Kirchherr (1938), Princess Hermine of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym (1797), Heinz Rühmann (1902), and Wilhelm Schmidt (1868).

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Among LINGUISTS In Germany

Among linguists born in Germany, Friedrich Christian Diez ranks 16. Before him are Friedrich August Wolf (1759), August Leskien (1840), Karl Lachmann (1793), Hugo Schuchardt (1842), Hermann Paul (1846), and Karl Brugmann (1849). After him are Konrad Duden (1829), Carl Brockelmann (1868), August Immanuel Bekker (1785), Alexander Gode (1906), Adolf Erman (1854), and Johannes Schmidt (1843).

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