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George Kingsley Zipf

1902 - 1950

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George Kingsley Zipf ( ZIFF; January 7, 1902 – September 25, 1950), was an American linguist and philologist who studied statistical occurrences in different languages. Zipf earned his bachelors, masters, and doctoral degrees from Harvard University, although he also studied at the University of Bonn and the University of Berlin. He was chairman of the German department and university lecturer (meaning he could teach any subject he chose) at Harvard University. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of George Kingsley Zipf has received more than 106,524 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia. George Kingsley Zipf is the 122nd most popular linguist (down from 112th in 2019), the 4,967th most popular biography from United States (down from 4,756th in 2019) and the 12th most popular American Linguist.

Memorability Metrics

  • 110k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 50.66

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.38

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.33

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among LINGUISTS

Among linguists, George Kingsley Zipf ranks 122 out of 214. Before him are Hans Ørberg, Ali-Akbar Dehkhoda, Morris Halle, Hrachia Acharian, Nurit Peled-Elhanan, and Bogdan Petriceicu Hasdeu. After him are Eugen Wüster, Arie de Jong, Aleksander Brückner, Franz Felix Adalbert Kuhn, Ferdinand Johann Wiedemann, and Yevgeny Polivanov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1902, George Kingsley Zipf ranks 196. Before him are Georgette Heyer, Lon L. Fuller, Eva May, Ida Siekmann, David Arellano, and Juan José Tramutola. After him are Veniamin Kaverin, Albert Namatjira, Yakov Smushkevich, José Miró Cardona, Kim Sowol, and Yevgeny Petrov. Among people deceased in 1950, George Kingsley Zipf ranks 116. Before him are Alexandru Vaida-Voevod, Miklós Bánffy, László Cseh, Recep Peker, Sami al-Hinnawi, and Hiroshi Yoshida. After him are Joe Fry, Adolf Meyer, Fats Navarro, Karin Michaëlis, Joseph, Duke of Parma, and Alykul Osmonov.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, George Kingsley Zipf ranks 4,967 out of 20,380. Before him are William D. Leahy (1875), Henry Russell (1904), Tracy Pollan (1960), Leontyne Price (1927), Charles Yerkes (1837), and Richard Speck (1941). After him are Bryan Singer (1965), William Eggleston (1939), Mia Hamm (1972), Sonny Stitt (1924), Gabriel Macht (1972), and Asia Carrera (1973).

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Among LINGUISTS In United States

Among linguists born in United States, George Kingsley Zipf ranks 12. Before him are Joseph Greenberg (1915), George Lakoff (1941), Joshua Fishman (1926), William Labov (1927), Morris Swadesh (1909), and Stephen Krashen (1941). After him are William Stokoe (1919), William Dwight Whitney (1827), Charles F. Hockett (1916), Kenneth Lee Pike (1912), George Perkins Marsh (1801), and Dell Hymes (1927).

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