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Jacob Wackernagel

1853 - 1938

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Jacob Wackernagel German: [ˈvakərˌnaːɡəl] (11 December 1853 – 22 May 1938) was a Swiss linguist, Indo-Europeanist and scholar of Sanskrit. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jacob Wackernagel has received more than 38,137 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Jacob Wackernagel is the 169th most popular linguist, the 545th most popular biography from Switzerland and the 7th most popular Swiss Linguist.

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  • 4.50

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  • 1.85

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among LINGUISTS

Among linguists, Jacob Wackernagel ranks 169 out of 161. Before him are Francisco Rodríguez Adrados, Viktor Vinogradov, John Rupert Firth, Sergei Starostin, Ziad Fazah, and Vladislav Illich-Svitych. After him are María Rosa Lida de Malkiel, Ivan Kuratov, Alexander Melville Bell, Takekazu Asaka, Daniel Everett, and Georg Bühler.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1853, Jacob Wackernagel ranks 94. Before him are Gaston Bonnier, Gertrud Adelborg, William Gillette, David Belasco, Emilio Aceval, and Lucy Parsons. After him are Philander C. Knox and John Henry Twachtman. Among people deceased in 1938, Jacob Wackernagel ranks 176. Before him are John Jacob Abel, Ricardo Samper, Nikolai Vladimirovich Nekrasov, Herbert Jamison, Tom Crean, and John Exley. After him are Andreas Michalakopoulos, Victor Cavendish, 9th Duke of Devonshire, Alma Gluck, Jean-Guy Gautier, Thomas Dewing, and Oscar Dessomville.

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In Switzerland

Among people born in Switzerland, Jacob Wackernagel ranks 545 out of 876. Before him are Gökhan Inler (1984), Hedy Schlunegger (1923), Michela Figini (1966), Rudolf Gnägi (1917), Bibi Torriani (1911), and Heinz Schneiter (1935). After him are Oswald Zappelli (1913), Albert Scherrer (1908), Urs Fischer (1966), David Bennent (1966), Adolf Spinnler (1879), and Nicolas Fuss (1755).

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Among LINGUISTS In Switzerland

Among linguists born in Switzerland, Jacob Wackernagel ranks 7. Before him are Ferdinand de Saussure (1857), Charles Bally (1865), Wilhelm Meyer-Lübke (1861), Albert Sechehaye (1870), Jules Gilliéron (1854), and Heinrich Schmid (1921). After him are Rudolf Thurneysen (1857).

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