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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 25,024 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Heinrich Schmid is the 141st most popular linguist (down from 136th in 2019), the 487th most popular biography from Switzerland (down from 436th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Swiss Linguist.

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  • 48.48

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.54

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.35

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among LINGUISTS

Among linguists, Heinrich Schmid ranks 141 out of 214. Before him are Felix Jacoby, Hermann Osthoff, Johan Nicolai Madvig, Giuliano Bonfante, Germà Colón, and William Stokoe. After him are Vyacheslav Ivanov, Brian Houghton Hodgson, Vladimir Toporov, Friedrich von Adelung, William Dwight Whitney, and Zellig Harris.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1921, Heinrich Schmid ranks 295. Before him are Barbro Hiort af Ornäs, H. C. Artmann, Juan José Arreola, Michalina Wisłocka, Ted Schroeder, and Francis Blanche. After him are Sotiria Bellou, Joseph Iléo, Ruth Orkin, Steve Allen, Karen Hoff, and Ernest Gold. Among people deceased in 1999, Heinrich Schmid ranks 187. Before him are Anahit Tsitsikian, Birgit Cullberg, Rafael Iglesias, Sarah Kane, Michael Aris, and Einar Englund. After him are Rick Danko, Regina Ghazaryan, Peter Seeberg, Shel Silverstein, Vivian Fuchs, and John Berry.

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In Switzerland

Among people born in Switzerland, Heinrich Schmid ranks 487 out of 1,015. Before him are Alex Zülle (1968), Kaspar Villiger (1941), Gottfried Dienst (1919), Karl Bodmer (1809), Massimo Busacca (1969), and Anton Allemann (1936). After him are Albert Eschenmoser (1925), Wilhelm Matthias Naeff (1802), Roger Vonlanthen (1930), Alois Estermann (1954), Mattia Binotto (1969), and Hans Huber (1852).

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Among LINGUISTS In Switzerland

Among linguists born in Switzerland, Heinrich Schmid ranks 7. Before him are Ferdinand de Saussure (1857), Charles Bally (1865), Wilhelm Meyer-Lübke (1861), Albert Sechehaye (1870), Jules Gilliéron (1854), and Walther von Wartburg (1888). After him are Rudolf Thurneysen (1857).

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