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Germà Colón

1928 - 2020

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Germà Colón i Doménech (30 November 1928 – 22 March 2020) was a Spanish philologist of Romance philology and Catalan lexicology. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Germà Colón has received more than 20,598 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Germà Colón is the 154th most popular linguist (down from 60th in 2019), the 1,470th most popular biography from Spain (down from 699th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Spanish Linguist.

Memorability Metrics

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  • 45.57

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.57

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.49

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among LINGUISTS

Among linguists, Germà Colón ranks 154 out of 161Before him are Friedrich von Adelung, James Legge, John Lyons, Göran Malmqvist, Kazimieras Būga, and Martí de Riquer i Morera. After him are Hermann Hirt, John Eliot, Friedrich Kluge, Andrey Zaliznyak, Renato Corsetti, and Arsène Darmesteter.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1928, Germà Colón ranks 385Before him are Raymond E. Brown, Santiago Vernazza, Gino Bramieri, Valentin Muratov, Åke Johansson, and Türkân Akyol. After him are Chung Won-shik, Othmar Schneider, Karel Mejta Sr, Gregory Walcott, Lloyd Ruby, and Fritz Herkenrath. Among people deceased in 2020, Germà Colón ranks 453Before him are Tim Severin, Hans Cieslarczyk, Reni Santoni, Valeriu Muravschi, Ulla Pia, and Nelly Kaplan. After him are Monique Mercure, Chung Won-shik, Alki Zei, Günter Sawitzki, Nikolai Gubenko, and Giuliana Minuzzo.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Germà Colón ranks 1,470 out of 2,932Before him are Feliciano López (1981), Francisco Asenjo Barbieri (1823), Esther Acebo (1983), Maria Aurèlia Capmany (1918), Juan Luque de Serrallonga (1882), and María de Villota (1980). After him are Enrique Gaspar y Rimbau (1842), Joaquín Cortés (1969), Manuel Alonso Areizaga (1895), Fernando Quiroga Palacios (1900), Javier de Burgos (1778), and Antonio Betancort (1937).

Among LINGUISTS In Spain

Among linguists born in Spain, Germà Colón ranks 5Before him are Pompeu Fabra (1868), Ramón Menéndez Pidal (1869), Joan Coromines (1905), and Martí de Riquer i Morera (1914). After him are Francisco Rodríguez Adrados (1922).