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Gideon Toury

1942 - 2016

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Gideon Toury (Hebrew: גדעון טורי) (6 June 1942 – 4 October 2016) was an Israeli translation scholar and professor of Poetics, Comparative Literature and Translation Studies at Tel Aviv University, where he held the M. Bernstein Chair of Translation Theory. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gideon Toury has received more than 77,009 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia (down from 16 in 2019). Gideon Toury is the 188th most popular linguist (down from 147th in 2019), the 321st most popular biography from Israel (down from 254th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Israeli Linguist.

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  • 44.53

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.90

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.12

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among LINGUISTS

Among linguists, Gideon Toury ranks 188 out of 214. Before him are John Eliot, Oswald Szemerényi, Ray Jackendoff, Henry Sweet, Alexander Melville Bell, and Helmut Rix. After him are Vladimir I. Georgiev, Viktor Vinogradov, Sture Allén, María Rosa Lida de Malkiel, Milena Hübschmannová, and Alice Kober.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1942, Gideon Toury ranks 600. Before him are Ion Drîmbă, David Lange, Rolando García, Dan Haggerty, Allen Daviau, and Liu Qi. After him are Walter Rodney, Lopo do Nascimento, Gabriel Núñez, Bob Foster, Zoltán Nemere, and Harald Norpoth. Among people deceased in 2016, Gideon Toury ranks 458. Before him are Solomon Marcus, Allan Williams, Dan Haggerty, Gurdial Singh, Rafael Iriondo, and Fritz Weaver. After him are Roberto Lovera, Aage Larsen, Atilio López, Stephen Keshi, Clyde Lovellette, and Kevin Randleman.

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In Israel

Among people born in Israel, Gideon Toury ranks 321 out of 466. Before him are Sarit Hadad (1978), Haim Ramon (1950), Mira Awad (1975), Micky Arison (1949), Avishai Cohen (1970), and Haim Revivo (1972). After him are Ronny Rosenthal (1963), Nitzan Horowitz (1965), Netta Barzilai (1993), Brian George (1952), Yoseph Imry (1939), and Avi Wigderson (1956).

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Among LINGUISTS In Israel

Among linguists born in Israel, Gideon Toury ranks 3. Before him are Ghil'ad Zuckermann (1971), and Nurit Peled-Elhanan (1949).

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