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Friedrich Christian Diez

1794 - 1876

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Friedrich Christian Diez (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 27,558 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (down from 23 in 2019). Friedrich Christian Diez is the 57th most popular linguist (down from 46th in 2019), the 2,179th most popular biography from Germany (down from 1,775th in 2019) and the 14th most popular German Linguist.

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  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.80

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.52

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Among LINGUISTS

Among linguists, Friedrich Christian Diez ranks 57 out of 161. Before him are Boris Kolker, Josef Dobrovský, Karl Lachmann, Eugenio Coșeriu, Claude Piron, and August Leskien. After him are Michael Halliday, William Labov, Sándor Kőrösi Csoma, Abu al-Aswad al-Du'ali, Hugo Schuchardt, and Vilém Mathesius.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1794, Friedrich Christian Diez ranks 15. Before him are Wilhelm Müller, Józef Bem, Aimable Pélissier, Ami Boué, Léon Cogniet, and Eduard Rüppell. After him are Leopold IV, Duke of Anhalt, Jacques Collin de Plancy, René Lesson, Eilhard Mitscherlich, Ernst I, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, and Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius. Among people deceased in 1876, Friedrich Christian Diez ranks 25. Before him are Wild Bill Hickok, Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg, Juan Pablo Duarte, Duchess Caroline Mariane of Mecklenburg, Narcisse Virgilio Díaz, and George Smith. After him are Eugène Fromentin, Harriet Martineau, Adolphe-Théodore Brongniart, Philipp Mainländer, Infanta Isabel Maria of Braganza, and Joseph Jenkins Roberts.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Friedrich Christian Diez ranks 2,179 out of 6,142. Before him are Aloysia Weber (1760), Princess Hermine of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym (1797), Bernd Hölzenbein (1946), Friedrich Rückert (1788), Paul Landers (1964), and Adolf von Hildebrand (1847). After him are Matthäus Daniel Pöppelmann (1662), Frederick II, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1717), Erasmus Reinhold (1511), Franz Anton Maulbertsch (1724), Anna Maria Franziska of Saxe-Lauenburg (1673), and Princess Antoinette of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (1779).

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Among LINGUISTS In Germany

Among linguists born in Germany, Friedrich Christian Diez ranks 14. Before him are Jost Gippert (1956), Friedrich August Wolf (1759), Vasily Radlov (1837), Hermann Paul (1846), Karl Lachmann (1793), and August Leskien (1840). After him are Hugo Schuchardt (1842), Karl Brugmann (1849), Carl Brockelmann (1868), Johannes Schmidt (1843), Adolf Erman (1854), and Konrad Duden (1829).

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