LINGUIST
James Legge
1815 - 1897
James Legge
James Legge (; 20 December 1815 – 29 November 1897) was a Scottish sinologist, missionary, and scholar, best known as an early and prolific 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 140,565 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). James Legge is the 77th most popular linguist (up from 109th in 2019), the 1,994th most popular biography from United Kingdom and the 4th most popular British Linguist.
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140k
Page Views (PV)
63.56
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
19
Languages Editions (L)
3.87
Effective Languages (L*)
2.37
Coefficient of Variation (CV)
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Among LINGUISTS
Among linguists, James Legge ranks 77 out of 160. Before him are Johannes Aavik, Matthias Castrén, Carl Brockelmann, Alexander Gode, Adolf Erman, and Ramón Menéndez Pidal. After him are August Immanuel Bekker, Karl Brugmann, Joshua Fishman, Holger Pedersen, John Chadwick, and August Friedrich Pott.
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HPI: 63.97
Rank: 71
Matthias Castrén
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HPI: 63.90
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Carl Brockelmann
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HPI: 63.87
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Alexander Gode
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HPI: 63.76
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Adolf Erman
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HPI: 63.67
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Ramón Menéndez Pidal
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HPI: 63.58
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James Legge
1815 - 1897
HPI: 63.56
Rank: 77
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HPI: 63.53
Rank: 78
Karl Brugmann
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HPI: 63.40
Rank: 79
Joshua Fishman
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HPI: 63.37
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Holger Pedersen
1867 - 1953
HPI: 63.20
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John Chadwick
1920 - 1998
HPI: 63.08
Rank: 82
August Friedrich Pott
1802 - 1887
HPI: 62.88
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Contemporaries
Among people born in 1815, James Legge ranks 38. Before him are Crawford Long, Alexander von Middendorff, Alphonse Beau de Rochas, Temistocle Solera, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and John A. Macdonald. After him are Robert Volkmann, Charles Renouvier, Federico de Madrazo y Kuntz, George Averoff, Jean-Delphin Alard, and Louis Le Chatelier. Among people deceased in 1897, James Legge ranks 40. Before him are Panteleimon Kulish, Léon Boëllmann, David Schwarz, Henri Meilhac, Stanislas de Guaita, and Charles-Denis Bourbaki. After him are Julius von Sachs, Charles Boycott, Prince William of Baden, Alvan Graham Clark, Ion Ghica, and Friedrich August Theodor Winnecke.
Others Born in 1815
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Crawford Long
1815 - 1878
HPI: 64.45
Rank: 32
Alexander von Middendorff
1815 - 1894
HPI: 64.42
Rank: 33
Alphonse Beau de Rochas
1815 - 1893
HPI: 64.37
Rank: 34
Temistocle Solera
1815 - 1878
HPI: 63.88
Rank: 35
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
1815 - 1902
HPI: 63.82
Rank: 36
John A. Macdonald
1815 - 1891
HPI: 63.79
Rank: 37
James Legge
1815 - 1897
HPI: 63.56
Rank: 38
Robert Volkmann
1815 - 1883
HPI: 63.09
Rank: 39
Charles Renouvier
1815 - 1903
HPI: 62.97
Rank: 40
Federico de Madrazo y Kuntz
1815 - 1894
HPI: 62.72
Rank: 41
George Averoff
1815 - 1899
HPI: 62.43
Rank: 42
Jean-Delphin Alard
1815 - 1888
HPI: 62.34
Rank: 43
Louis Le Chatelier
1815 - 1873
HPI: 61.88
Rank: 44
Others Deceased in 1897
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Panteleimon Kulish
1819 - 1897
HPI: 64.26
Rank: 34
Léon Boëllmann
1862 - 1897
HPI: 64.09
Rank: 35
David Schwarz
1850 - 1897
HPI: 63.90
Rank: 36
Henri Meilhac
1831 - 1897
HPI: 63.88
Rank: 37
Stanislas de Guaita
1861 - 1897
HPI: 63.69
Rank: 38
Charles-Denis Bourbaki
1816 - 1897
HPI: 63.60
Rank: 39
James Legge
1815 - 1897
HPI: 63.56
Rank: 40
Julius von Sachs
1832 - 1897
HPI: 63.49
Rank: 41
Charles Boycott
1832 - 1897
HPI: 63.34
Rank: 42
Prince William of Baden
1829 - 1897
HPI: 63.05
Rank: 43
Alvan Graham Clark
1832 - 1897
HPI: 62.89
Rank: 44
Ion Ghica
1816 - 1897
HPI: 62.32
Rank: 45
Friedrich August Theodor Winnecke
1835 - 1897
HPI: 62.28
Rank: 46
In United Kingdom
Among people born in United Kingdom, James Legge ranks 1,994 out of 6,924. Before him are Michael Apted (1941), Dua Lipa (1995), Æthelfrith (600), John William Draper (1811), Thomas Beecham (1879), and Edith Pargeter (1913). After him are William Smith (1813), Bill Foulkes (1932), Joseph Delaney (1945), June Whitfield (1925), Walter Clopton Wingfield (1833), and Herbert Chapman (1878).
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Michael Apted
1941 - 2021
HPI: 63.58
Rank: 1,988
Dua Lipa
1995 - Present
HPI: 63.58
Rank: 1,989
Æthelfrith
600 - 616
HPI: 63.58
Rank: 1,990
John William Draper
1811 - 1882
HPI: 63.57
Rank: 1,991
Thomas Beecham
1879 - 1961
HPI: 63.57
Rank: 1,992
Edith Pargeter
1913 - 1995
HPI: 63.57
Rank: 1,993
James Legge
1815 - 1897
HPI: 63.56
Rank: 1,994
William Smith
1813 - 1893
HPI: 63.56
Rank: 1,995
Bill Foulkes
1932 - 2013
HPI: 63.56
Rank: 1,996
Joseph Delaney
1945 - Present
HPI: 63.56
Rank: 1,997
June Whitfield
1925 - 2018
HPI: 63.55
Rank: 1,998
Walter Clopton Wingfield
1833 - 1912
HPI: 63.55
Rank: 1,999
Herbert Chapman
1878 - 1934
HPI: 63.55
Rank: 2,000
Among LINGUISTS In United Kingdom
Among linguists born in United Kingdom, James Legge ranks 4. Before him are William Jones (1746), Robert Morrison (1782), and Michael Halliday (1925). After him are John Chadwick (1920), Brian Houghton Hodgson (1800), Daniel Jones (1881), John Florio (1553), Jane Ellen Harrison (1850), Henry Liddell (1811), John Eliot (1604), and Henry Sweet (1845).
William Jones
1746 - 1794
HPI: 70.61
Rank: 1
Robert Morrison
1782 - 1834
HPI: 65.59
Rank: 2
Michael Halliday
1925 - 2018
HPI: 65.53
Rank: 3
James Legge
1815 - 1897
HPI: 63.56
Rank: 4
John Chadwick
1920 - 1998
HPI: 63.08
Rank: 5
Brian Houghton Hodgson
1800 - 1894
HPI: 61.02
Rank: 6
Daniel Jones
1881 - 1967
HPI: 60.94
Rank: 7
John Florio
1553 - 1625
HPI: 60.85
Rank: 8
Jane Ellen Harrison
1850 - 1928
HPI: 58.62
Rank: 9
Henry Liddell
1811 - 1898
HPI: 58.46
Rank: 10
John Eliot
1604 - 1690
HPI: 57.53
Rank: 11
Henry Sweet
1845 - 1912
HPI: 55.59
Rank: 12
