LINGUIST

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 20,473 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Germà Colón is the 139th most popular linguist (up from 154th in 2019), the 1,427th most popular biography from Spain (up from 1,467th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Spanish Linguist.

Memorability Metrics

  • 20k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 48.60

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 9.08

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.21

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Germà Colóns by language

Over the past year Germà Colón has had the most page views in the with 1,345 views, followed by Catalan (831), and Spanish (705). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Occitan (122.41%), Simple English (75.65%), and Malay (43.11%)

Among LINGUISTS

Among linguists, Germà Colón ranks 139 out of 214. Before him are James Legge, Julius Pokorny, Felix Jacoby, Hermann Osthoff, Johan Nicolai Madvig, and Giuliano Bonfante. After him are William Stokoe, Heinrich Schmid, Vyacheslav Ivanov, Brian Houghton Hodgson, Vladimir Toporov, and Friedrich von Adelung.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1928, Germà Colón ranks 378. Before him are Danuta Siedzikówna, Ennio de Giorgi, Åke Johansson, Sivaji Ganesan, Jorge Ibargüengoitia, and Léon Glovacki. After him are Belaid Abdessalam, Jean Barraqué, Horst Stein, Rance Howard, Garry Winogrand, and Lucho Gatica. Among people deceased in 2020, Germà Colón ranks 379. Before him are Karin Lindberg, Jimmy Cobb, John Lewis, Vatroslav Mimica, John Ericson, and Richard Anuszkiewicz. After him are Belaid Abdessalam, Peter Bonetti, Claire Bretécher, Paul H. O'Neill, Raúl Eduardo Vela Chiriboga, and Giancarlo Bergamini.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Germà Colón ranks 1,427 out of 3,355. Before him are Antonia San Juan (1961), Eugenio Montero Ríos (1832), Juan de Homedes (1477), José Luis Panizo (1922), Mario Camus (1935), and José Fernando de Abascal y Sousa (1743). After him are Guillermo Amor (1967), Ramón de la Fuente Leal (1907), Manuel González García (1877), Imanol Alguacil (1971), Andrés Palop (1973), and Ana Botín (1960).

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Among LINGUISTS In Spain

Among linguists born in Spain, Germà Colón ranks 4. Before him are Pompeu Fabra (1868), Ramón Menéndez Pidal (1869), and Joan Coromines (1905). After him are Martí de Riquer i Morera (1914), and Francisco Rodríguez Adrados (1922).

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