LINGUIST

Ian Hancock

1942 - Today

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Ian Francis Hancock (Romani: Yanko le Redžosko; born 29 August 1942) is a linguist, Romani scholar and political advocate. He was born and raised in England and is one of the main contributors in the field of Romani studies. He is director of the Program of Romani Studies and the Romani Archives and Documentation Center at The University of Texas at Austin, where he has been a professor of English, linguistics and Asian studies since 1972. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ian Hancock has received more than 164,465 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Ian Hancock is the 209th most popular linguist, the 6,177th most popular biography from United Kingdom and the 18th most popular British Linguist.

Memorability Metrics

  • 160k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 46.86

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.11

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.36

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among LINGUISTS

Among linguists, Ian Hancock ranks 209 out of 214. Before him are Daniel Everett, Johan Ludvig Heiberg, Einar Haugen, Geoffrey Hull, Henry Watson Fowler, and Rudolf Thurneysen. After him are Mary Haas, Michael Witzel, and Ranko Matasović.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1942, Ian Hancock ranks 702. Before him are Julie Sommars, John Konrads, Betsey Johnson, Ruben Kun, Suzanne Cory, and Jan Wienese. After him are Joy Behar, Ellen Meiksins Wood, Muriel Day, Mac Davis, Richard M. Daley, and Adrian Metcalfe.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Ian Hancock ranks 6,177 out of 8,785. Before him are Danny Drinkwater (1990), Chris Boardman (1968), Ritchie Coster (1967), Prince Joseph Wenzel of Liechtenstein (1995), Joe Corrigan (1948), and Lucy Punch (1977). After him are Don McKinnon (1939), Paul Kaye (1964), Sammy McIlroy (1954), Jennifer Kendal (1934), Sammy Lee (1959), and Myles Coverdale (1488).

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Among LINGUISTS In United Kingdom

Among linguists born in United Kingdom, Ian Hancock ranks 18. Before him are John Rupert Firth (1890), John Eliot (1604), Oswald Szemerényi (1913), Henry Sweet (1845), Alexander Melville Bell (1819), and Henry Watson Fowler (1858).

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