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George Perkins Marsh

1801 - 1882

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George Perkins Marsh (March 15, 1801 – July 23, 1882), an American diplomat and philologist, is considered by some to be America's first environmentalist and by recognizing the irreversible impact of man's actions on the earth, a precursor to the sustainability concept, although "conservationist" would be more accurate. The Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park in Vermont takes its name, in part, from Marsh. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of George Perkins Marsh has received more than 202,848 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. George Perkins Marsh is the 167th most popular linguist, the 7,882nd most popular biography from United States and the 17th most popular American Linguist.

Memorability Metrics

  • 200k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 46.37

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.66

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.46

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among LINGUISTS

Among linguists, George Perkins Marsh ranks 167 out of 214. Before him are Henry Liddell, Kenneth Lee Pike, János Sajnovics, Waldemar Rosenberger, Hermann Möller, and Sergei Starostin. After him are Eduard Sievers, Jane Ellen Harrison, Göran Malmqvist, Andrey Zaliznyak, Marcus Zuerius van Boxhorn, and Christiane Nord.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1801, George Perkins Marsh ranks 78. Before him are Christian Erich Hermann von Meyer, Zecharias Frankel, Georgios Koletis, Maria Röhl, Charles Combes, and Jules Pierre Rambur. After him are Robert J. Walker, Wilhem de Haan, Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury, Albert Auguste Perdonnet, Athanasios Vouros, and Samuel Gridley Howe. Among people deceased in 1882, George Perkins Marsh ranks 67. Before him are Alexander Gardner, Katarina Ivanović, Charles Wyville Thomson, Theodor Ludwig Wilhelm von Bischoff, Ion Andreescu, and James Spriggs Payne. After him are William Barton Rogers, William Harrison Ainsworth, James Challis, William Shanks, Francisco Javier Zaldúa, and Joaquim Manuel de Macedo.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, George Perkins Marsh ranks 7,882 out of 20,380. Before him are Bill Smith (1924), Charles Willson Peale (1741), Megan Mullally (1958), Steve Schirripa (1958), Will Geer (1902), and Richard Henry Lee (1732). After him are Jim Dine (1935), Boots Randolph (1927), Michael Tilson Thomas (1944), Henry Charles Carey (1793), Michael Franks (1944), and Donald Johnston (1899).

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Among LINGUISTS In United States

Among linguists born in United States, George Perkins Marsh ranks 17. Before him are Stephen Krashen (1941), George Kingsley Zipf (1902), William Stokoe (1919), William Dwight Whitney (1827), Charles F. Hockett (1916), and Kenneth Lee Pike (1912). After him are Dell Hymes (1927), Alice Kober (1906), Robert Blust (1940), Lyle Campbell (1942), Daniel Everett (1951), and Einar Haugen (1906).

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