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LINGUIST

Mesrop Mashtots

361 - 440

Mesrop Mashtots

Mesrop Mashtots (; Armenian: Մեսրոպ Մաշտոց Mesrop Maštoc'; Eastern Armenian: [mɛsˈɾop maʃˈtotsʰ]; Western Armenian: [mɛsˈɾob maʃˈtotsʰ]; 362 – February 17, 440 AD) was an Armenian linguist, composer, theologian, statesman, and hymnologist in the Sasanian Empire. He is venerated as a saint in the Armenian Apostolic, Catholic, and Eastern Orthodox Churches. He is best known for inventing the Armenian alphabet c. 405 AD, which was a fundamental step in strengthening Armenian national identity. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mesrop Mashtots has received more than 432,656 page views. His biography is available in 61 different languages on Wikipedia. Mesrop Mashtots is the 7th most popular linguist, the 156th most popular biography from Turkey (down from 152nd in 2019) and the most popular Turkish Linguist.

Mesrop Mashtots is most famous for inventing the Armenian alphabet, which was the first alphabet to be created in the world.

Memorability Metrics

430k
Page Views (PV)
68.98
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
61
Languages Editions (L)
4.92
Effective Languages (L*)
4.25
Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among LINGUISTS

Among linguists, Mesrop Mashtots ranks 7 out of 161. Before him are Ferdinand de Saussure, Noam Chomsky, Max Müller, William James Sidis, Roman Jakobson, and Mahmud al-Kashgari. After him are Patanjali, Pāṇini, Franz Bopp, Eliezer Ben-Yehuda, Edward Sapir, and August Schleicher.

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HPI: 78.58
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1928 - Present
HPI: 77.50
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Max Müller
1823 - 1900
HPI: 72.38
Rank: 3
William James Sidis
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HPI: 72.22
Rank: 4
Roman Jakobson
1896 - 1982
HPI: 72.05
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Mahmud al-Kashgari
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HPI: 71.32
Rank: 6
Mesrop Mashtots
361 - 440
HPI: 68.98
Rank: 7
Patanjali
200 BC - 150 BC
HPI: 67.78
Rank: 8
Pāṇini
500 BC - Present
HPI: 66.12
Rank: 9
Franz Bopp
1791 - 1867
HPI: 65.76
Rank: 10
Eliezer Ben-Yehuda
1858 - 1922
HPI: 65.28
Rank: 11
Edward Sapir
1884 - 1939
HPI: 64.94
Rank: 12
August Schleicher
1821 - 1868
HPI: 64.47
Rank: 13

Contemporaries

Among people born in 361, Mesrop Mashtots ranks 1. After him is Flavia Maxima Constantia. Among people deceased in 440, Mesrop Mashtots ranks 2. Before him is Pope Sixtus III. After him are Socrates of Constantinople and Isidore of Pelusium.