1732 - 1806
Johann Christoph Adelung (8 August 1732 – 10 September 1806) was a German grammarian and philologist. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Johann Christoph Adelung has received more than 55,519 page views. His biography is available in 36 different languages on Wikipedia. Johann Christoph Adelung is the 29th most popular linguist (up from 30th in 2019), the 1,159th most popular biography from Germany (down from 1,155th in 2019) and the 6th most popular German Linguist.
Johann Christoph Adelung is most famous for his work on the grammar of the Sanskrit language.
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Among linguists, Johann Christoph Adelung ranks 29 out of 161. Before him are Ignác Goldziher, Nicholas Marr, Georg Friedrich Grotefend, Sibawayh, Franz Miklosich, and Louis Hjelmslev. After him are Michel Bréal, Pompeu Fabra, Jost Gippert, Friedrich August Wolf, Jan Baudouin de Courtenay, and Edgar de Wahl.
1850 - 1921
HPI: 60.95
Rank: 23
1864 - 1934
HPI: 60.85
Rank: 24
1775 - 1853
HPI: 60.29
Rank: 25
760 - 797
HPI: 60.11
Rank: 26
1813 - 1891
HPI: 60.09
Rank: 27
1899 - 1965
HPI: 60.05
Rank: 28
1732 - 1806
HPI: 59.83
Rank: 29
1832 - 1915
HPI: 59.64
Rank: 30
1868 - 1948
HPI: 59.53
Rank: 31
1956 - Present
HPI: 59.34
Rank: 32
1759 - 1824
HPI: 59.01
Rank: 33
1845 - 1929
HPI: 58.99
Rank: 34
1867 - 1948
HPI: 58.96
Rank: 35
Among people born in 1732, Johann Christoph Adelung ranks 13. Before him are Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach, Richard Arkwright, Jérôme Lalande, Abbas III, Adélaïde of France, and Frederick II Eugene, Duke of Württemberg. After him are John Dickinson, Warren Hastings, Carl Gotthard Langhans, Peter Forsskål, Joseph Gaertner, and Jeanne Julie Éléonore de Lespinasse. Among people deceased in 1806, Johann Christoph Adelung ranks 18. Before him are William Pitt the Younger, Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire, Claude Nicolas Ledoux, Pierre-Charles Villeneuve, Mungo Park, and Nicolas Leblanc. After him are Princess Maria Antonia of Naples and Sicily, Thomas-Alexandre Dumas, Prince Louis Ferdinand of Prussia, Michel Adanson, Nicolas-Edme Rétif, and Prince Francis Xavier of Saxony.
1732 - 1795
HPI: 66.07
Rank: 7
1732 - 1792
HPI: 63.63
Rank: 8
1732 - 1807
HPI: 63.38
Rank: 9
1732 - 1740
HPI: 62.11
Rank: 10
1732 - 1800
HPI: 61.84
Rank: 11
1732 - 1797
HPI: 60.03
Rank: 12
1732 - 1806
HPI: 59.83
Rank: 13
1732 - 1808
HPI: 59.59
Rank: 14
1732 - 1818
HPI: 59.13
Rank: 15
1732 - 1808
HPI: 58.90
Rank: 16
1732 - 1763
HPI: 55.76
Rank: 17
1732 - 1791
HPI: 55.48
Rank: 18
1732 - 1776
HPI: 54.25
Rank: 19
1759 - 1806
HPI: 62.48
Rank: 12
1757 - 1806
HPI: 61.82
Rank: 13
1736 - 1806
HPI: 61.78
Rank: 14
1763 - 1806
HPI: 61.76
Rank: 15
1771 - 1806
HPI: 61.45
Rank: 16
1742 - 1806
HPI: 61.15
Rank: 17
1732 - 1806
HPI: 59.83
Rank: 18
1784 - 1806
HPI: 58.89
Rank: 19
1762 - 1806
HPI: 58.76
Rank: 20
1772 - 1806
HPI: 57.45
Rank: 21
1727 - 1806
HPI: 57.29
Rank: 22
1734 - 1806
HPI: 57.22
Rank: 23
1730 - 1806
HPI: 56.70
Rank: 24
Among people born in Germany, Johann Christoph Adelung ranks 1,159 out of 6,142. Before him are Alfred Weber (1868), Paul Frederick, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1800), Amalia of Oldenburg (1818), Elisabeth of Bavaria, Queen of Germany (1227), Charles I Louis, Elector Palatine (1617), and Thea von Harbou (1888). After him are Johann Elert Bode (1747), Joseph Süß Oppenheimer (1698), Christian Gottlob Neefe (1748), Anne, Princess Royal and Princess of Orange (1709), Maria Reiche (1903), and Anne Catherine of Brandenburg (1575).
1868 - 1958
HPI: 59.90
Rank: 1,153
1800 - 1842
HPI: 59.88
Rank: 1,154
1818 - 1875
HPI: 59.85
Rank: 1,155
1227 - 1273
HPI: 59.85
Rank: 1,156
1617 - 1680
HPI: 59.84
Rank: 1,157
1888 - 1954
HPI: 59.84
Rank: 1,158
1732 - 1806
HPI: 59.83
Rank: 1,159
1747 - 1826
HPI: 59.83
Rank: 1,160
1698 - 1738
HPI: 59.83
Rank: 1,161
1748 - 1798
HPI: 59.82
Rank: 1,162
1709 - 1759
HPI: 59.82
Rank: 1,163
1903 - 1998
HPI: 59.81
Rank: 1,164
1575 - 1612
HPI: 59.81
Rank: 1,165
Among linguists born in Germany, Johann Christoph Adelung ranks 6. Before him are Max Müller (1823), Franz Bopp (1791), August Schleicher (1821), Johann Martin Schleyer (1831), and Georg Friedrich Grotefend (1775). After him are Michel Bréal (1832), Jost Gippert (1956), Friedrich August Wolf (1759), Vasily Radlov (1837), Hermann Paul (1846), and Karl Lachmann (1793).
1823 - 1900
HPI: 72.38
Rank: 1
1791 - 1867
HPI: 65.76
Rank: 2
1821 - 1868
HPI: 64.47
Rank: 3
1831 - 1912
HPI: 62.26
Rank: 4
1775 - 1853
HPI: 60.29
Rank: 5
1732 - 1806
HPI: 59.83
Rank: 6
1832 - 1915
HPI: 59.64
Rank: 7
1956 - Present
HPI: 59.34
Rank: 8
1759 - 1824
HPI: 59.01
Rank: 9
1837 - 1918
HPI: 58.42
Rank: 10
1846 - 1921
HPI: 55.90
Rank: 11
1793 - 1851
HPI: 55.37
Rank: 12