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Heinrich Schmid

1921 - 1999

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Heinrich Schmid (6 April 1921 – 23 February 1999) was a Swiss linguist and "father" of the Rhaeto-Romance Dachsprachen ("umbrella languages") Rumantsch Grischun and Ladin Dolomitan. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Heinrich Schmid has received more than 23,816 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Heinrich Schmid is the 136th most popular linguist, the 438th most popular biography from Switzerland and the 6th most popular Swiss Linguist.

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    Languages Editions (L)

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Among LINGUISTS

Among linguists, Heinrich Schmid ranks 136 out of 161. Before him are Johan Nicolai Madvig, Robert Blust, Gaston Waringhien, Felix Jacoby, Zellig Harris, and Alexander Veselovsky. After him are Marcus Zuerius van Boxhorn, Nurit Peled-Elhanan, Sylvain Lévi, Gerhard Rohlfs, Vladimir Toporov, and Charles F. Hockett.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1921, Heinrich Schmid ranks 281. Before him are Jean Richard, János Pilinszky, Ferenc Karinthy, George Nader, Jan Sterling, and Walter Rudin. After him are Chico Hamilton, Karen Hoff, H. C. Artmann, Michel Boisrond, Phạm Duy, and Ettore Chimeri. Among people deceased in 1999, Heinrich Schmid ranks 176. Before him are Galina Bystrova, Kirk Alyn, Rory Calhoun, Guillermo Arellano, Charlie Byrd, and Frank Lubin. After him are Ashley Montagu, Robert Kramer, Anahit Tsitsikian, Lester Bowie, Teuvo Aura, and Yury Malyshev.

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In Switzerland

Among people born in Switzerland, Heinrich Schmid ranks 438 out of 876. Before him are Max Petitpierre (1899), Paul Scherrer (1890), Johann Amman (1707), Pipilotti Rist (1962), Johann Jakob Breitinger (1701), and Massimo Busacca (1969). After him are Philipp Etter (1891), Joseph Benz (1944), Arnold Koller (1933), Kaspar Villiger (1941), Giuseppe Lepori (1902), and Bernhard Hammer (1822).

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Among LINGUISTS In Switzerland

Among linguists born in Switzerland, Heinrich Schmid ranks 6. Before him are Ferdinand de Saussure (1857), Charles Bally (1865), Wilhelm Meyer-Lübke (1861), Albert Sechehaye (1870), and Jules Gilliéron (1854). After him are Jacob Wackernagel (1853) and Rudolf Thurneysen (1857).

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