LINGUIST

Karl Brugmann

1849 - 1919

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Karl Brugmann (16 March 1849 – 29 June 1919) was a German linguist. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Karl Brugmann has received more than 55,335 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Karl Brugmann is the 58th most popular linguist (up from 66th in 2019), the 2,134th most popular biography from Germany (up from 2,330th in 2019) and the 15th most popular German Linguist.

Memorability Metrics

  • 55k

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  • 56.16

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 25

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 9.89

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.65

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among LINGUISTS

Among linguists, Karl Brugmann ranks 58 out of 214Before him are Vatroslav Jagić, Hesychius of Alexandria, George Lakoff, Tuone Udaina, Josef Dobrovský, and Eugenio Coșeriu. After him are Gabdulkhay Akhatov, Sándor Kőrösi Csoma, Matthias Castrén, Vilém Mathesius, Louis Duchesne, and Claude Piron.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1849, Karl Brugmann ranks 44Before him are Jean Béraud, Wilhelm Voigt, Dersu Uzala, Herbert von Bismarck, W. T. Stead, and Eugène Carrière. After him are William Osler, Johan August Brinell, Emile Claus, Agenor Maria Gołuchowski, Jérôme Eugène Coggia, and Sergei Ivanovich Mosin. Among people deceased in 1919, Karl Brugmann ranks 62Before him are Tivadar Csontváry Kosztka, Mikhail Dolivo-Dobrovolsky, Evelyn De Morgan, Raymonde de Laroche, Grand Duke Dmitry Konstantinovich of Russia, and Ahmed Muhtar Pasha. After him are Nikolay Shchors, Franz von Liszt, Itagaki Taisuke, Adolf Schmal, William Osler, and Louis Botha.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Karl Brugmann ranks 2,134 out of 7,253Before him are Adolf von Hildebrand (1847), Hans Richter (1888), Prince Karl Theodor of Bavaria (1795), Ludwig Klages (1872), Jacob Philipp Hackert (1737), and Guillermo Kahlo (1871). After him are August Leopold Crelle (1780), Ernest of Bavaria (1554), Johannes Oecolampadius (1482), Sophia Eleonore of Saxony (1609), Henry Julius, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1564), and Rachel Félix (1821).

Among LINGUISTS In Germany

Among linguists born in Germany, Karl Brugmann ranks 15Before him are Vasily Radlov (1837), Friedrich August Wolf (1759), August Leskien (1840), Karl Lachmann (1793), Hugo Schuchardt (1842), and Hermann Paul (1846). After him are Friedrich Christian Diez (1794), Konrad Duden (1829), Carl Brockelmann (1868), August Immanuel Bekker (1785), Alexander Gode (1906), and Adolf Erman (1854).