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Ignác Goldziher

1850 - 1921

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Ignác (Yitzhaq Yehuda) Goldziher (22 June 1850 – 13 November 1921), often credited as Ignaz Goldziher, was a Hungarian scholar of Islam. Alongside Joseph Schacht and G.H.A. Juynboll, he is considered one of the pioneers of modern academic hadith studies. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ignác Goldziher has received more than 154,659 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2019). Ignác Goldziher is the 24th most popular linguist (down from 23rd in 2019), the 93rd most popular biography from Hungary (up from 102nd in 2019) and the most popular Hungarian Linguist.

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  • 29

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 9.92

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.80

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among LINGUISTS

Among linguists, Ignác Goldziher ranks 24 out of 214. Before him are Algirdas Julien Greimas, Patanjali, Jost Gippert, Georges Dumézil, Johann Martin Schleyer, and Johann Christoph Adelung. After him are William Jones, Lucien Tesnière, Nikolai Trubetzkoy, Sibawayh, Pompeu Fabra, and Franz Miklosich.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1850, Ignác Goldziher ranks 15. Before him are Hermann Ebbinghaus, Charles Richet, Pierre Loti, Mihai Eminescu, Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn, and Oliver Heaviside. After him are Luigi Cadorna, Lafcadio Hearn, Lluís Domènech i Montaner, Henry Louis Le Chatelier, Besarion Jughashvili, and Lady Mary Victoria Douglas-Hamilton. Among people deceased in 1921, Ignác Goldziher ranks 19. Before him are Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg, John Boyd Dunlop, Isabel, Princess Imperial of Brazil, Henrietta Swan Leavitt, Alexander Blok, and Matthias Erzberger. After him are William II of Württemberg, Eugen Dühring, Mykola Leontovych, `Abdu'l-Bahá, Engelbert Humperdinck, and Oscar Montelius.

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In Hungary

Among people born in Hungary, Ignác Goldziher ranks 93 out of 1,077. Before him are Theodore von Kármán (1881), Violant of Hungary (1215), Stephen III of Hungary (1147), József Bozsik (1925), Ladislaus III of Hungary (1199), and Georg von Békésy (1899). After him are István Tisza (1861), Mihály Károlyi (1875), Samuel Aba (990), George Andrew Olah (1927), János Áder (1959), and József Mindszenty (1892).

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Among LINGUISTS In Hungary

Among linguists born in Hungary, Ignác Goldziher ranks 1. After him are Josef Dobrovský (1753), and János Sajnovics (1733).

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