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Hugo Schuchardt

1842 - 1927

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Hugo Ernst Mario Schuchardt (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 35,367 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Hugo Schuchardt is the 62nd most popular linguist (down from 59th in 2019), the 2,283rd most popular biography from Germany (down from 2,089th in 2019) and the 15th most popular German Linguist.

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Among LINGUISTS

Among linguists, Hugo Schuchardt ranks 62 out of 161Before him are August Leskien, Friedrich Christian Diez, Michael Halliday, William Labov, Sándor Kőrösi Csoma, and Abu al-Aswad al-Du'ali. After him are Vilém Mathesius, Robert Morrison, Noah Webster, Karl Brugmann, Ghil'ad Zuckermann, and Matthias Castrén.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1842, Hugo Schuchardt ranks 47Before him are Grand Duchess Alexandra Alexandrovna of Russia, Nikolaos Gyzis, Rikard Nordraak, Alexandre Ribot, Carl Zeller, and José-Maria de Heredia. After him are François Coppée, Mahadev Govind Ranade, Princess Alexandrine of Prussia, Ernest, Count of Lippe-Biesterfeld, Emil Christian Hansen, and Carl Millöcker. Among people deceased in 1927, Hugo Schuchardt ranks 59Before him are Stanisław Przybyszewski, Vasily Polenov, Ottavio Bottecchia, Robert Fuchs, Gustave Whitehead, and Khalid bin Barghash of Zanzibar. After him are Jonas Basanavičius, Dawid Janowski, Fyodor Sologub, Fritz Hofmann, Ram Prasad Bismil, and Hermann Abert.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Hugo Schuchardt ranks 2,283 out of 6,142Before him are Kurt Christoph Graf von Schwerin (1684), Max Pauly (1907), Eilhard Mitscherlich (1794), Frederick II, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg (1676), Princess Feodora of Saxe-Meiningen (1890), and Valerius Cordus (1515). After him are Emich Carl, 2nd Prince of Leiningen (1763), Gretl Braun (1915), Carl Hagenbeck (1844), George I, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt (1547), Anna of Cleves (1552), and Christian Lorenz (1966).

Among LINGUISTS In Germany

Among linguists born in Germany, Hugo Schuchardt ranks 15Before him are Friedrich August Wolf (1759), Vasily Radlov (1837), Hermann Paul (1846), Karl Lachmann (1793), August Leskien (1840), and Friedrich Christian Diez (1794). After him are Karl Brugmann (1849), Carl Brockelmann (1868), Johannes Schmidt (1843), Adolf Erman (1854), Konrad Duden (1829), and Alexander Gode (1906).