1899 - 1965
Louis Trolle Hjelmslev (Danish: [ˈjelˀmsle̝w]; 3 October 1899 – 30 May 1965) was a Danish linguist whose ideas formed the basis of the Copenhagen School of linguistics. Born into an academic family (his father was the mathematician Johannes Hjelmslev), Hjelmslev studied comparative linguistics in Copenhagen, Prague and Paris (with Antoine Meillet and Joseph Vendryes, among others). In 1931, he founded the Cercle Linguistique de Copenhague. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Louis Hjelmslev has received more than 149,450 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2019). Louis Hjelmslev is the 28th most popular linguist (down from 27th in 2019), the 124th most popular biography from Denmark (up from 125th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Danish Linguist.
Louis Hjelmslev was a Danish linguist who developed the theory of glossematics, which is the study of language in terms of two dimensions: the horizontal dimension (the system) and the vertical dimension (the structure).
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Among linguists, Louis Hjelmslev ranks 28 out of 161. Before him are Nikolai Trubetzkoy, Ignác Goldziher, Nicholas Marr, Georg Friedrich Grotefend, Sibawayh, and Franz Miklosich. After him are Johann Christoph Adelung, Michel Bréal, Pompeu Fabra, Jost Gippert, Friedrich August Wolf, and Jan Baudouin de Courtenay.
1890 - 1938
HPI: 61.52
Rank: 22
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
Among people born in 1899, Louis Hjelmslev ranks 52. Before him are Sobhuza II, John Hasbrouck Van Vleck, Lev Kuleshov, Henri Michaux, Lao She, and Macfarlane Burnet. After him are Charles Boyer, Georges Auric, P. L. Travers, Georges Bidault, Philipp Bouhler, and Leo Strauss. Among people deceased in 1965, Louis Hjelmslev ranks 32. Before him are La Belle Otero, Edogawa Ranpo, Paul Tillich, Frederick Fleet, Joseph Erlanger, and Sālote Tupou III. After him are Bernard Baruch, David O. Selznick, Lauri Törni, Hastings Ismay, 1st Baron Ismay, Fan Noli, and Aksel Sandemose.
1899 - 1982
HPI: 60.43
Rank: 46
1899 - 1980
HPI: 60.42
Rank: 47
1899 - 1970
HPI: 60.32
Rank: 48
1899 - 1984
HPI: 60.31
Rank: 49
1899 - 1966
HPI: 60.16
Rank: 50
1899 - 1985
HPI: 60.07
Rank: 51
1899 - 1965
HPI: 60.05
Rank: 52
1899 - 1978
HPI: 60.05
Rank: 53
1899 - 1983
HPI: 59.86
Rank: 54
1899 - 1996
HPI: 59.80
Rank: 55
1899 - 1983
HPI: 59.79
Rank: 56
1899 - 1945
HPI: 59.61
Rank: 57
1899 - 1973
HPI: 59.48
Rank: 58
1868 - 1965
HPI: 61.81
Rank: 26
1894 - 1965
HPI: 61.30
Rank: 27
1886 - 1965
HPI: 61.27
Rank: 28
1887 - 1965
HPI: 61.22
Rank: 29
1874 - 1965
HPI: 60.54
Rank: 30
1900 - 1965
HPI: 60.20
Rank: 31
1899 - 1965
HPI: 60.05
Rank: 32
1870 - 1965
HPI: 60.03
Rank: 33
1902 - 1965
HPI: 60.02
Rank: 34
1919 - 1965
HPI: 59.73
Rank: 35
1887 - 1965
HPI: 59.49
Rank: 36
1882 - 1965
HPI: 59.15
Rank: 37
1899 - 1965
HPI: 59.14
Rank: 38
Among people born in Denmark, Louis Hjelmslev ranks 124 out of 893. Before him are Eric III of Denmark (1100), Bjarne Stroustrup (1950), Haakon III of Norway (1182), Martin Andersen Nexø (1869), Sveinn Björnsson (1881), and Erik Bruhn (1928). After him are Guthrum (830), Wilhelm Johannsen (1857), Tove Ditlevsen (1917), Princess Charlotte of Denmark (1789), Anna Ancher (1859), and Lars Ulrich (1963).
1100 - 1146
HPI: 60.39
Rank: 118
1950 - Present
HPI: 60.27
Rank: 119
1182 - 1204
HPI: 60.26
Rank: 120
1869 - 1954
HPI: 60.19
Rank: 121
1881 - 1952
HPI: 60.15
Rank: 122
1928 - 1986
HPI: 60.15
Rank: 123
1899 - 1965
HPI: 60.05
Rank: 124
830 - 890
HPI: 59.83
Rank: 125
1857 - 1927
HPI: 59.72
Rank: 126
1917 - 1976
HPI: 59.68
Rank: 127
1789 - 1864
HPI: 59.67
Rank: 128
1859 - 1935
HPI: 59.51
Rank: 129
1963 - Present
HPI: 59.44
Rank: 130
Among linguists born in Denmark, Louis Hjelmslev ranks 3. Before him are Rasmus Rask (1787) and Otto Jespersen (1860). After him are Vilhelm Thomsen (1842), Holger Pedersen (1867), Hans Ørberg (1920), Johan Nicolai Madvig (1804), and Johan Ludvig Heiberg (1854).
1787 - 1832
HPI: 63.27
Rank: 1
1860 - 1943
HPI: 61.80
Rank: 2
1899 - 1965
HPI: 60.05
Rank: 3
1842 - 1927
HPI: 58.00
Rank: 4
1867 - 1953
HPI: 52.35
Rank: 5
1920 - 2010
HPI: 51.20
Rank: 6
1804 - 1886
HPI: 47.66
Rank: 7
1854 - 1928
HPI: 40.98
Rank: 8