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George Abraham Grierson

1851 - 1941

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Sir George Abraham Grierson (7 January 1851 – 9 March 1941) was an Irish administrator and linguist in British India. He worked in the Indian Civil Service but an interest in philology and linguistics led him to pursue studies in the languages and folklore of India during his postings in Bengal and Bihar. He published numerous studies in the journals of learned societies and wrote several books during his administrative career but proposed a formal linguistic survey at the Oriental Congress in 1886 at Vienna. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of George Abraham Grierson has received more than 117,576 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). George Abraham Grierson is the 94th most popular linguist (up from 118th in 2019), the 117th most popular biography from Ireland (up from 148th in 2019) and the most popular Irish Linguist.

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  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.93

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.25

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among LINGUISTS

Among linguists, George Abraham Grierson ranks 94 out of 214. Before him are Anne Dacier, Bernhard Karlgren, Albert Sechehaye, Adolf Erman, Stephen Krashen, and Gustaf John Ramstedt. After him are Paul Ariste, John Chadwick, Tamaz V. Gamkrelidze, Michael Halliday, Alexander Potebnja, and Johannes Schmidt.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1851, George Abraham Grierson ranks 53. Before him are Charles Chamberland, Melvil Dewey, Oliver Lodge, Otto Schott, Taytu Betul, and Anton Haus. After him are Alexandros Papadiamantis, Roque Sáenz Peña, Nikolai Iudovich Ivanov, Laza Lazarević, Edward Robert Hughes, and Noël Édouard, vicomte de Curières de Castelnau. Among people deceased in 1941, George Abraham Grierson ranks 108. Before him are Manuel Teixeira Gomes, Huseyn Javid, Nicolae Titulescu, Olga Kameneva, Wilhelm Kienzl, and Frank Bridge. After him are Banjo Paterson, Mario García Menocal, Alfred Pringsheim, Pedro Aguirre Cerda, Louis Marcoussis, and Kazimierz Bartel.

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In Ireland

Among people born in Ireland, George Abraham Grierson ranks 117 out of 549. Before him are Jonathan Rhys Meyers (1977), Cornelius Ryan (1920), Colm Meaney (1953), Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquess Wellesley (1760), Douglas Hyde (1860), and Grace O'Malley (1530). After him are Daniel O'Connell (1775), William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne (1737), Jim Sheridan (1949), Gilbert O'Sullivan (1946), Charles Villiers Stanford (1852), and Coloman of Stockerau (1000).

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Among LINGUISTS In Ireland

Among linguists born in Ireland, George Abraham Grierson ranks 1. 

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