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Hans Ørberg

1920 - 2010

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Hans Henning Ørberg (21 April 1920 – 17 February 2010) was a Danish linguist and teacher. He received a master's degree in English, French, and Latin at the University of Copenhagen and taught these languages in many Danish high schools until 1963 and then taught in a Danish Gymnasium until 1988. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hans Ørberg has received more than 90,834 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Hans Ørberg is the 96th most popular linguist (up from 10,510th in 2019), the 312th most popular biography from Denmark (up from 330th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Danish Linguist.

Memorability Metrics

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  • 51.20

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.99

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.74

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among LINGUISTS

Among linguists, Hans Ørberg ranks 96 out of 161. Before him are Bernhard Karlgren, Teun A. van Dijk, Ahatanhel Krymsky, Alexander Gode, Matteo Bartoli, and Albert Sechehaye. After him are Igor M. Diakonoff, Joan Coromines, August Immanuel Bekker, Kunio Yanagita, August Friedrich Pott, and Lucien Tesnière.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1920, Hans Ørberg ranks 191. Before him are Fons Rademakers, Leo McKern, Fiorenzo Magni, Koichi Tohei, Clifton James, and Celia Sánchez. After him are Vlastimil Brodský, Yusef Lateef, Eddie Slovik, Hannie Schaft, Yves Robert, and Karel Píč. Among people deceased in 2010, Hans Ørberg ranks 157. Before him are Sinan Hasani, Werner Schroeter, David Warren, Florencio Campomanes, Zilda Arns, and Tony Judt. After him are Girija Prasad Koirala, Magda Frank, Peter Steele, Pernell Roberts, Luigi Poggi, and Bobbejaan Schoepen.

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In Denmark

Among people born in Denmark, Hans Ørberg ranks 312 out of 893. Before him are Holger Drachmann (1846), Prince Gustav of Denmark (1887), Karl Verner (1846), Knud Enemark Jensen (1936), Princess Karoline Mathilde of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg (1860), and Christian Frederik Hansen (1756). After him are Bernhard Severin Ingemann (1789), Kim Bodnia (1965), Otto Friedrich Müller (1730), Tony Rominger (1961), Viggo Jensen (1874), and Johannes Ewald (1743).

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Among LINGUISTS In Denmark

Among linguists born in Denmark, Hans Ørberg ranks 6. Before him are Rasmus Rask (1787), Otto Jespersen (1860), Louis Hjelmslev (1899), Vilhelm Thomsen (1842), and Holger Pedersen (1867). After him are Johan Nicolai Madvig (1804) and Johan Ludvig Heiberg (1854).

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