LINGUIST

Henry Sweet

1845 - 1912

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Henry Sweet (15 September 1845 – 30 April 1912) was an English philologist, phonetician and grammarian. As a philologist, he specialized in the Germanic languages, particularly Old English and Old Norse. In addition, Sweet published works on larger issues of phonetics and grammar in language and the teaching of languages. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Henry Sweet has received more than 233,392 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Henry Sweet is the 185th most popular linguist (down from 177th in 2019), the 4,531st most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 4,787th in 2019) and the 15th most popular British Linguist.

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  • 230k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 44.96

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.07

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.71

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among LINGUISTS

Among linguists, Henry Sweet ranks 185 out of 214. Before him are Vladislav Illich-Svitych, Ivan Kuratov, Monier Monier-Williams, John Eliot, Oswald Szemerényi, and Ray Jackendoff. After him are Alexander Melville Bell, Helmut Rix, Gideon Toury, Vladimir I. Georgiev, Viktor Vinogradov, and Sture Allén.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1845, Henry Sweet ranks 100. Before him are Wollert Konow, Lobengula, Facundo Machaín, Juan Bautista Egusquiza, George Reid, and Nikolaos Deligiannis. After him are John Sparrow David Thompson, William Christie, Daniel David Palmer, William Healey Dall, Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 4th Earl of Minto, and Richard Seddon. Among people deceased in 1912, Henry Sweet ranks 125. Before him are Thomas Pollock Anshutz, Luis Cordero Crespo, Octavia Hill, Harriet Quimby, Edward Wilmot Blyden, and Edgar Evans. After him are Sophia Jex-Blake, Emil Stang, Máximo Tajes, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, Henry Robertson Bowers, and Julio Herrera y Obes.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Henry Sweet ranks 4,531 out of 8,785. Before him are John Eliot (1604), Tom Odell (1990), Oswald Szemerényi (1913), Aneurin Bevan (1897), Al Pease (1921), and Michael Foot (1913). After him are Tony Rolt (1918), Scott Speedman (1975), John Urry (1946), John Campbell, 2nd Duke of Argyll (1680), Kathryn Beaumont (1938), and Robert Service (1947).

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Among LINGUISTS In United Kingdom

Among linguists born in United Kingdom, Henry Sweet ranks 15. Before him are John Lyons (1932), Henry Liddell (1811), Jane Ellen Harrison (1850), John Rupert Firth (1890), John Eliot (1604), and Oswald Szemerényi (1913). After him are Alexander Melville Bell (1819), Henry Watson Fowler (1858), and Ian Hancock (1942).

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