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Matthias Castrén

1813 - 1852

Matthias Castrén

Matthias Alexander Castrén (2 December 1813 – 7 May 1852) was a Finnish Swedish ethnologist and philologist who was a pioneer in the study of the Uralic languages. He was an educator, author and linguist at the University of Helsinki. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Matthias Castrén has received more than 63,545 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Matthias Castrén is the 68th most popular linguist (up from 72nd in 2019), the 92nd most popular biography from Finland (up from 99th in 2019) and the most popular Finnish Linguist.

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64k
Page Views (PV)
53.93
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
23
Languages Editions (L)
5.98
Effective Languages (L*)
1.92
Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among LINGUISTS

Among linguists, Matthias Castrén ranks 68 out of 161. Before him are Hugo Schuchardt, Vilém Mathesius, Robert Morrison, Noah Webster, Karl Brugmann, and Ghil'ad Zuckermann. After him are Émile Littré, Gustaf John Ramstedt, Vasili Eroshenko, Max Nettlau, John Chadwick, and Ramón Menéndez Pidal.

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Hugo Schuchardt
1842 - 1927
HPI: 54.44
Rank: 62
Vilém Mathesius
1882 - 1945
HPI: 54.44
Rank: 63
Robert Morrison
1782 - 1834
HPI: 54.33
Rank: 64
Noah Webster
1758 - 1843
HPI: 54.31
Rank: 65
Karl Brugmann
1849 - 1919
HPI: 54.26
Rank: 66
Ghil'ad Zuckermann
1971 - Present
HPI: 54.07
Rank: 67
Matthias Castrén
1813 - 1852
HPI: 53.93
Rank: 68
Émile Littré
1801 - 1881
HPI: 53.83
Rank: 69
Gustaf John Ramstedt
1873 - 1950
HPI: 53.74
Rank: 70
Vasili Eroshenko
1890 - 1952
HPI: 53.67
Rank: 71
Max Nettlau
1865 - 1944
HPI: 53.66
Rank: 72
John Chadwick
1920 - 1998
HPI: 53.21
Rank: 73
Ramón Menéndez Pidal
1869 - 1968
HPI: 53.15
Rank: 74

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1813, Matthias Castrén ranks 27. Before him are Louis Lucien Bonaparte, Princess Mathilde Caroline of Bavaria, James Dwight Dana, Frédéric Ozanam, Auguste Maquet, and Pierre Alphonse Laurent. After him are Pōmare IV, Countess Franziska Kinsky of Wchinitz and Tettau, Jørgen Moe, Frederick Scott Archer, Adolph Kolping, and Agostino Depretis. Among people deceased in 1852, Matthias Castrén ranks 30. Before him are Prince Paul of Württemberg, Prince Gustaf, Duke of Uppland, Mirza Shafi Vazeh, Salvadore Cammarano, Amir Kabir, and Augustus Pugin. After him are Étienne Maurice Gérard, Vincenzo Gioberti, Edward Bransfield, Louisa Adams, Bernardino Drovetti, and Prince Eduard of Saxe-Altenburg.

Others Born in 1813

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Louis Lucien Bonaparte
1813 - 1891
HPI: 57.19
Rank: 21
Princess Mathilde Caroline of Bavaria
1813 - 1862
HPI: 55.60
Rank: 22
James Dwight Dana
1813 - 1895
HPI: 55.44
Rank: 23
Frédéric Ozanam
1813 - 1853
HPI: 54.87
Rank: 24
Auguste Maquet
1813 - 1888
HPI: 54.82
Rank: 25
Pierre Alphonse Laurent
1813 - 1854
HPI: 54.75
Rank: 26
Matthias Castrén
1813 - 1852
HPI: 53.93
Rank: 27
Pōmare IV
1813 - 1877
HPI: 53.79
Rank: 28
Countess Franziska Kinsky of Wchinitz and Tettau
1813 - 1881
HPI: 53.66
Rank: 29
Jørgen Moe
1813 - 1882
HPI: 53.64
Rank: 30
Frederick Scott Archer
1813 - 1857
HPI: 53.01
Rank: 31
Adolph Kolping
1813 - 1865
HPI: 52.67
Rank: 32
Agostino Depretis
1813 - 1887
HPI: 52.56
Rank: 33