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James Legge

1815 - 1897

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James Legge (; 20 December 1815 – 29 November 1897) was a Scottish linguist, missionary, sinologist, and translator who was best known as an early translator of Classical Chinese texts into English. Legge served as a representative of the London Missionary Society in Malacca and Hong Kong (1840–1873) and was the first Professor of Chinese at Oxford University (1876–1897). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of James Legge has received more than 225,293 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. James Legge is the 149th most popular linguist (down from 77th in 2019), the 3,591st most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,992nd in 2019) and the 9th most popular British Linguist.

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  • 46.17

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.94

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.88

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among LINGUISTS

Among linguists, James Legge ranks 149 out of 161. Before him are Alice Kober, Dell Hymes, Brian Houghton Hodgson, Jane Ellen Harrison, Gideon Toury, and Friedrich von Adelung. After him are John Lyons, Göran Malmqvist, Kazimieras Būga, Martí de Riquer i Morera, Germà Colón, and Hermann Hirt.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1815, James Legge ranks 70. Before him are Halfdan Kjerulf, Edward Forbes, Paul Rudolf von Bilguer, Otto von Böhtlingk, Marguerite Bays, and Henry Halleck. After him are Princess Amalie of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, Constantine Paparrigopoulos, Daniel Bashiel Warner, Athanasios Miaoulis, Rufus Wilmot Griswold, and William J. Hardee. Among people deceased in 1897, James Legge ranks 68. Before him are Adam Asnyk, Robert Themptander, Isaac Pitman, Edward Newton, Lea Ahlborn, and Gardiner Greene Hubbard. After him are Francesco Brioschi, Jan Heemskerk, Jules de Burlet, Berthold Englisch, Juan Idiarte Borda, and Margaret Oliphant.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, James Legge ranks 3,591 out of 7,765. Before him are Russell Brand (1975), Malcolm MacDonald (1901), Antonio Pappano (1959), Aneka (1947), James Steuart (1712), and Aneirin (525). After him are Ælfric of Eynsham (955), Richard Pococke (1704), Jake Weber (1963), Martin Gilbert (1936), Adrian Rawlins (1958), and John Lyons (1932).

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Among LINGUISTS In United Kingdom

Among linguists born in United Kingdom, James Legge ranks 9. Before him are Robert Morrison (1782), John Chadwick (1920), Daniel Jones (1881), John Florio (1553), Brian Houghton Hodgson (1800), and Jane Ellen Harrison (1850). After him are John Lyons (1932), John Eliot (1604), Henry Liddell (1811), John Rupert Firth (1890), Alexander Melville Bell (1819), and Henry Sweet (1845).

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