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Johan Ludvig Heiberg

1854 - 1928

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Johan Ludvig Heiberg (27 November 1854 – 4 January 1928) was a Danish philologist and historian. He is best known for his discovery of previously unknown texts in the Archimedes Palimpsest, and for his edition of Euclid's Elements that T. L. Heath translated into English. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Johan Ludvig Heiberg has received more than 4,201 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Johan Ludvig Heiberg is the 179th most popular linguist (down from 157th in 2019), the 581st most popular biography from Denmark (down from 515th in 2019) and the 8th most popular Danish Linguist.

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Among LINGUISTS

Among linguists, Johan Ludvig Heiberg ranks 179 out of 161Before him are Takekazu Asaka, Daniel Everett, Georg Bühler, Geoffrey Hull, Lyle Campbell, and Henry Sweet. After him are Monier Monier-Williams, Bo Ralph, Sophus Bugge, Henry Watson Fowler, Rudolf Thurneysen, and Rogier Blokland.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1854, Johan Ludvig Heiberg ranks 105Before him are Giuseppe Veronese, William C. Gorgas, Gottlieb Haberlandt, Hans Jæger, Dukinfield Henry Scott, and Birt Acres. After him are George Whitefield Chadwick, Queenie Newall, and Edward Carson. Among people deceased in 1928, Johan Ludvig Heiberg ranks 110Before him are Gunnar Knudsen, George Dole, Lewis Howard Latimer, Edmund Gosse, George Siegmann, and Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin. After him are Johan Olin, Nora Bayes, and Crystal Eastman.

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In Denmark

Among people born in Denmark, Johan Ludvig Heiberg ranks 581 out of 893Before him are Niels Helveg Petersen (1939), Bodil Jørgensen (1961), Thomas Christiansen (1973), Reno Olsen (1947), Kasper Hjulmand (1972), and Ole Qvist (1950). After him are Flemming Rasmussen (1958), Lasse Schöne (1986), Iben Hjejle (1971), Birgitte Hjort Sørensen (1982), Bjarke Ingels (1974), and Trentemøller (1972).

Among LINGUISTS In Denmark

Among linguists born in Denmark, Johan Ludvig Heiberg ranks 8Before him are Otto Jespersen (1860), Louis Hjelmslev (1899), Vilhelm Thomsen (1842), Holger Pedersen (1867), Hans Ørberg (1920), and Johan Nicolai Madvig (1804).