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Karl Lachmann

1793 - 1851

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Karl Konrad Friedrich Wilhelm Lachmann (German: [ˈlaxman]; 4 March 1793 – 13 March 1851) was a German philologist and critic. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Karl Lachmann has received more than 62,391 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Karl Lachmann is the 45th most popular linguist (up from 53rd in 2019), the 1,591st most popular biography from Germany (up from 2,061st in 2019) and the 12th most popular German Linguist.

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  • 62k

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  • 64.26

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.68

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.79

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among LINGUISTS

Among linguists, Karl Lachmann ranks 45 out of 214. Before him are Otto Jespersen, André Martinet, Vilhelm Thomsen, Bedřich Hrozný, Friedrich August Wolf, and August Leskien. After him are Charles Bally, Leonard Bloomfield, Abu al-Aswad al-Du'ali, Joseph Greenberg, Hugo Schuchardt, and Hermann Paul.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1793, Karl Lachmann ranks 13. Before him are Josef Ressel, Maria Teresa, Princess of Beira, Michel Chasles, Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller, Constantine Kanaris, and James Dunlop. After him are Sam Houston, Radama I, Charles Paul de Kock, Tokugawa Ieyoshi, Philipp Veit, and Thomas Addison. Among people deceased in 1851, Karl Lachmann ranks 18. Before him are Ernest Augustus, King of Hanover, Manuel Godoy, Gaspare Spontini, Rama III, Prince Ferdinand of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, and John James Audubon. After him are Mikhail Lazarev, Albert Lortzing, Lorenz Oken, Prince Wilhelm of Prussia, Johann Heinrich Friedrich Link, and Vincenz Priessnitz.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Karl Lachmann ranks 1,591 out of 7,253. Before him are Stéphane Hessel (1917), Max Immelmann (1890), Ernst von Weizsäcker (1882), Bernard of Saxe-Weimar (1604), Christian Leopold von Buch (1774), and Salvian (405). After him are Garibald I of Bavaria (550), Princess Louise of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg (1800), Herta Bothe (1921), Princess Josephine of Baden (1813), Lothar von Trotha (1848), and Princess Margaret of Prussia (1872).

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Among LINGUISTS In Germany

Among linguists born in Germany, Karl Lachmann ranks 12. Before him are Johann Christoph Adelung (1732), Michel Bréal (1832), Georg Friedrich Grotefend (1775), Vasily Radlov (1837), Friedrich August Wolf (1759), and August Leskien (1840). After him are Hugo Schuchardt (1842), Hermann Paul (1846), Karl Brugmann (1849), Friedrich Christian Diez (1794), Konrad Duden (1829), and Carl Brockelmann (1868).

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