LINGUIST

Lucien Tesnière

1893 - 1954

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Lucien Tesnière (French: [lysjɛ̃ tɛnjɛʁ]; May 13, 1893 – December 6, 1954) was a prominent and influential French linguist. He was born in Mont-Saint-Aignan on May 13, 1893. As a senior lecturer at the University of Strasbourg (1924) and later professor at the University of Montpellier (1937), he published many papers and books on Slavic languages. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Lucien Tesnière has received more than 86,086 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Lucien Tesnière is the 26th most popular linguist (up from 102nd in 2019), the 1,098th most popular biography from France (up from 3,268th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular French Linguist.

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  • 62.04

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 14.43

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 0.87

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among LINGUISTS

Among linguists, Lucien Tesnière ranks 26 out of 214. Before him are Jost Gippert, Georges Dumézil, Johann Martin Schleyer, Johann Christoph Adelung, Ignác Goldziher, and William Jones. After him are Nikolai Trubetzkoy, Sibawayh, Pompeu Fabra, Franz Miklosich, Nicholas Marr, and Michel Bréal.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1893, Lucien Tesnière ranks 45. Before him are Walter Baade, Prince Paul of Yugoslavia, Lili Boulanger, Mae West, Lillian Gish, and Ana Pauker. After him are Jomo Kenyatta, Clemens Krauss, Emmy Göring, Roy O. Disney, Allen Dulles, and Ernst Toller. Among people deceased in 1954, Lucien Tesnière ranks 21. Before him are Wilhelm Furtwängler, Dziga Vertov, Maximilian von Weichs, Andrey Vyshinsky, Jacinto Benavente, and Léon Jouhaux. After him are The French Angel, Clemens Krauss, Hannes Meyer, Martin Andersen Nexø, Auguste Perret, and Aristides de Sousa Mendes.

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In France

Among people born in France, Lucien Tesnière ranks 1,098 out of 6,770. Before him are Jean de Dunois (1402), André-Jacques Garnerin (1769), Claude Joseph Vernet (1714), Jacques-Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre (1737), Charles Trenet (1913), and Odo the Great (650). After him are Victorien Sardou (1831), Ange-Jacques Gabriel (1698), Heinrich Kramer (1430), Theobald II of Navarre (1239), Pepin II of Aquitaine (823), and Henry Louis Le Chatelier (1850).

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Among LINGUISTS In France

Among linguists born in France, Lucien Tesnière ranks 3. Before him are Antoine Meillet (1866), and Georges Dumézil (1898). After him are Alexandre de Rhodes (1591), André Martinet (1908), Louis Duchesne (1843), Louis de Beaufront (1855), Émile Littré (1801), Anne Dacier (1645), Gaston Waringhien (1901), Sylvain Lévi (1863), and Arsène Darmesteter (1846).

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