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Lyle Campbell

1942 - Today

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Lyle Richard Campbell (born October 22, 1942) is an American scholar and linguist known for his studies of indigenous American languages, especially those of Central America, and on historical linguistics in general. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Lyle Campbell has received more than 75,988 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Lyle Campbell is the 177th most popular linguist (down from 155th in 2019), the 9,888th most popular biography from United States (down from 8,862nd in 2019) and the 19th most popular American Linguist.

Memorability Metrics

  • 76k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 41.51

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.11

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.29

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among LINGUISTS

Among linguists, Lyle Campbell ranks 177 out of 161Before him are Ivan Kuratov, Alexander Melville Bell, Takekazu Asaka, Daniel Everett, Georg Bühler, and Geoffrey Hull. After him are Henry Sweet, Johan Ludvig Heiberg, Monier Monier-Williams, Bo Ralph, Sophus Bugge, and Henry Watson Fowler.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1942, Lyle Campbell ranks 566Before him are Tommy Roe, Elvin Bishop, Guion Bluford, Danny Ongais, Mirja Lehtonen, and Eugène Camara. After him are Sila María Calderón, Munyoro Nyamau, Bobbie Gentry, Rubén Marcos, Harry Chapin, and Honorino Landa.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Lyle Campbell ranks 9,888 out of 18,182Before him are Jo Jorgensen (1957), Tim Sweeney (1970), John Perry Barlow (1947), Bucky Pizzarelli (1926), Rick Berman (1945), and Esther Ralston (1902). After him are Clem Burke (1954), Charles Ammi Cutter (1837), Peter Ryan (1940), Peter Shor (1959), Kevin Williamson (1965), and Carl Shy (1908).

Among LINGUISTS In United States

Among linguists born in United States, Lyle Campbell ranks 19Before him are William Dwight Whitney (1827), Robert Blust (1940), Charles F. Hockett (1916), Alice Kober (1906), Dell Hymes (1927), and Daniel Everett (1951).