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Mary Boyce

1920 - 2006

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Nora Elisabeth Mary Boyce (2 August 1920 – 4 April 2006) was a British scholar of Iranian languages, and an authority on Zoroastrianism. She was Professor of Iranian Studies at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) of the University of London. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mary Boyce has received more than 102,103 page views. Her biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Mary Boyce is the 151st most popular linguist, the 618th most popular biography from India and the 2nd most popular Indian Linguist.

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  • 47.88

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.15

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.99

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among LINGUISTS

Among linguists, Mary Boyce ranks 151 out of 214. Before her are Friedrich von Adelung, William Dwight Whitney, Zellig Harris, Gerhard Rohlfs, Sylvain Lévi, and Alexander Veselovsky. After her are Kazimieras Būga, Martí de Riquer i Morera, John Lyons, Arsène Darmesteter, Ziad Fazah, and Arnold Chikobava.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1920, Mary Boyce ranks 308. Before her are Maxi Herber, Ruth Maier, Richard Bong, George Herbig, Bai Yang, and Roy Jenkins. After her are Irving Kristol, Raisa Aronova, William Colby, Ted Fujita, Vincentas Sladkevičius, and Olle Åhlund. Among people deceased in 2006, Mary Boyce ranks 244. Before her are Jaroslav Pelikan, Ferenc Machos, Ondina Valla, Candy Barr, Suzan Kahramaner, and Schafik Hándal. After her are William P. Gottlieb, Rajkumar, Frank Beyer, Dana Reeve, Alan Shugart, and Ole Madsen.

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In India

Among people born in India, Mary Boyce ranks 618 out of 1,861. Before her are Purushottam Das Tandon (1882), Qurratulain Hyder (1927), Roberto de Nobili (1577), Arati Saha (1940), Karamchand Gandhi (1822), and Rani Mukerji (1978). After her are Suniti Kumar Chatterji (1890), Kedarnath Singh (1934), Swarnakumari Devi (1855), K. B. Hedgewar (1889), Lobsang Sangay (1968), and Sahir Ludhianvi (1921).

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Among LINGUISTS In India

Among linguists born in India, Mary Boyce ranks 2. Before her are Patanjali (-200). After her are Monier Monier-Williams (1819).

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