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Julius Pokorny

1887 - 1970

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Julius Pokorny (12 June 1887 – 8 April 1970) was an Austrian-Czech linguist and scholar of the Celtic languages and of Celtic studies, particularly of the Irish language, and a supporter of Irish nationalism. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Julius Pokorny has received more than 109,026 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Julius Pokorny is the 108th most popular linguist (up from 11,048th in 2019), the 429th most popular biography from Czechia (down from 421st in 2019) and the 4th most popular Czech Linguist.

Memorability Metrics

  • 110k

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  • 49.98

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.63

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.28

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among LINGUISTS

Among linguists, Julius Pokorny ranks 108 out of 161. Before him are Lucien Tesnière, Ali-Akbar Dehkhoda, Eugen Wüster, Louis Duchesne, Heinrich Hübschmann, and Stephen Krashen. After him are Tamaz V. Gamkrelidze, Morris Halle, Hrachia Acharian, George Kingsley Zipf, Morris Swadesh, and Anne Dacier.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1887, Julius Pokorny ranks 158. Before him are Adone Zoli, Courtney Hodges, Princess Alexandra Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, Marianne Moore, Josef Frings, and Oskar Luts. After him are Walter von Brockdorff-Ahlefeldt, Aldo Leopold, Pierre Jean Jouve, Johann Radon, Leevi Madetoja, and Sylvia Beach. Among people deceased in 1970, Julius Pokorny ranks 142. Before him are Max Abegglen, Henri Queuille, Kurt Feldt, Sydney Chapman, Alf Prøysen, and Nathan Altman. After him are Vince Lombardi, Rube Goldberg, Tammi Terrell, Shaken Aimanov, Giuseppe Pizzardo, and Konstantinos Tsaldaris.

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In Czechia

Among people born in Czechia, Julius Pokorny ranks 429 out of 973. Before him are Arnold Pick (1851), Johann Joseph Abert (1832), František Pospíšil (1944), Karel Lamač (1897), Karel Roden (1962), and Jiří Dienstbier (1937). After him are Egon Klepsch (1930), Harun Farocki (1944), Max Švabinský (1873), Tadeáš Hájek (1525), Johann Radon (1887), and August Wilhelm Ambros (1816).

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Among LINGUISTS In Czechia

Among linguists born in Czechia, Julius Pokorny ranks 4. Before him are Bedřich Hrozný (1879), Vilém Mathesius (1882), and Jan Mukařovský (1891).

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