LINGUIST

Hugo Schuchardt

1842 - 1927

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Hugo Ernst Mario Schuchardt (German: [ˈhuːɡo ˈʃʊxaʁt]; 4 February 1842, Gotha (Thuringia) – 21 April 1927, Graz (Styria)) was a German linguist, best known for his work in the Romance languages, the Basque language, and today especially as a pioneer in the study of mixed languages, including pidgins, creoles, and the Lingua franca of the Mediterranean. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hugo Schuchardt has received more than 38,364 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Hugo Schuchardt is the 50th most popular linguist (up from 62nd in 2019), the 1,851st most popular biography from Germany (up from 2,281st in 2019) and the 13th most popular German Linguist.

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Among LINGUISTS

Among linguists, Hugo Schuchardt ranks 50 out of 214. Before him are August Leskien, Karl Lachmann, Charles Bally, Leonard Bloomfield, Abu al-Aswad al-Du'ali, and Joseph Greenberg. After him are Hermann Paul, Vatroslav Jagić, Hesychius of Alexandria, George Lakoff, Tuone Udaina, and Josef Dobrovský.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1842, Hugo Schuchardt ranks 38. Before him are Alphonse Borrelly, Vilhelm Thomsen, Mykola Lysenko, Ōyama Iwao, Nikolaos Gyzis, and Georg Ritter von Schönerer. After him are Osman Hamdi Bey, Alexandre Ribot, Charles Cros, Catherine Eddowes, Maria Konopnicka, and Grand Duchess Alexandra Alexandrovna of Russia. Among people deceased in 1927, Hugo Schuchardt ranks 42. Before him are Sergey Sazonov, Boris Kustodiev, Jānis Čakste, Carl David Tolmé Runge, Miguel, Duke of Braganza, and Jovan Cvijić. After him are Victorine Meurent, Stanisław Przybyszewski, Princess Elisabeth of Saxe-Altenburg, William, Prince of Hohenzollern, Ahad Ha'am, and Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Hugo Schuchardt ranks 1,851 out of 7,253. Before him are Kunigunde of Hohenstaufen (1202), Polyxena of Hesse-Rotenburg (1706), Paul Drude (1863), Dietrich, Count of Oldenburg (1390), Julius Dorpmüller (1869), and Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Crown Princess of Prussia (1746). After him are Joanna Sophia of Bavaria (1373), Charles II, Elector Palatine (1651), Günter Behnisch (1922), Johannes R. Becher (1891), Oswald Boelcke (1891), and Georg Donatus, Hereditary Grand Duke of Hesse (1906).

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Among LINGUISTS In Germany

Among linguists born in Germany, Hugo Schuchardt ranks 13. Before him are Michel Bréal (1832), Georg Friedrich Grotefend (1775), Vasily Radlov (1837), Friedrich August Wolf (1759), August Leskien (1840), and Karl Lachmann (1793). After him are Hermann Paul (1846), Karl Brugmann (1849), Friedrich Christian Diez (1794), Konrad Duden (1829), Carl Brockelmann (1868), and August Immanuel Bekker (1785).

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