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Gerhard Rohlfs

1892 - 1986

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Gerhard Rohlfs (July 14, 1892 – September 12, 1986) was a German linguist. He taught Romance languages and literature at the universities in Tübingen and Munich. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gerhard Rohlfs has received more than 28,151 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Gerhard Rohlfs is the 148th most popular linguist (down from 140th in 2019), the 4,524th most popular biography from Germany (down from 4,106th in 2019) and the 27th most popular German Linguist.

Memorability Metrics

  • 28k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 48.23

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.99

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.55

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among LINGUISTS

Among linguists, Gerhard Rohlfs ranks 148 out of 214. Before him are Vyacheslav Ivanov, Brian Houghton Hodgson, Vladimir Toporov, Friedrich von Adelung, William Dwight Whitney, and Zellig Harris. After him are Sylvain Lévi, Alexander Veselovsky, Mary Boyce, Kazimieras Būga, Martí de Riquer i Morera, and John Lyons.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1892, Gerhard Rohlfs ranks 217. Before him are Henry Macintosh, Alexander Chervyakov, Grigory Shajn, Wendell Willkie, Walter Bathe, and Vilmos Apor. After him are Graciliano Ramos, Jaan Kikkas, Milena Rudnytska, Werner Bergengruen, Aleksandra Beļcova, and Cuno Hoffmeister. Among people deceased in 1986, Gerhard Rohlfs ranks 196. Before him are Jacques Plante, André Tassin, Herbert Runge, Eino Leino, Constantin Stanciu, and John Alcott. After him are John D. MacDonald, Gedeon Barcza, Vilmos Kohut, Richard Manuel, Raymond Abellio, and Dominique Mbonyumutwa.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Gerhard Rohlfs ranks 4,524 out of 7,253. Before him are Tassilo von Heydebrand und der Lasa (1818), Gabriele Seyfert (1948), Karl Knies (1821), Reiner Knizia (1957), Hans Werner Richter (1908), and Paul Hermann (1646). After him are Aleida Assmann (1947), Michael Gwisdek (1942), Peter Scholl-Latour (1924), Mirjam Pressler (1940), Josef Bradl (1918), and Albert Bernhard Frank (1839).

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Among LINGUISTS In Germany

Among linguists born in Germany, Gerhard Rohlfs ranks 27. Before him are Adolf Erman (1854), Johannes Schmidt (1843), Heinrich Hübschmann (1848), Georg Curtius (1820), Felix Jacoby (1876), and Hermann Osthoff (1847). After him are Hermann Hirt (1865), Eduard Sievers (1850), Christiane Nord (1943), Friedrich Kluge (1856), Helmut Rix (1926), and Georg Bühler (1837).

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