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Michael Halliday

1925 - 2018

Michael Halliday

Michael Alexander Kirkwood Halliday (often M. A. K. Halliday; 13 April 1925 – 15 April 2018) was a British linguist who developed the internationally influential systemic functional linguistics (SFL) model of language. His grammatical descriptions go by the name of systemic functional grammar. Halliday described language as a semiotic system, "not in the sense of a system of signs, but a systemic resource for meaning". Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Michael Halliday has received more than 651,277 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Michael Halliday is the 58th most popular linguist (down from 57th in 2019), the 1,629th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,546th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular British Linguist.

Memorability Metrics

650k
Page Views (PV)
54.82
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
28
Languages Editions (L)
5.11
Effective Languages (L*)
3.15
Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among LINGUISTS

Among linguists, Michael Halliday ranks 58 out of 161. Before him are Josef Dobrovský, Karl Lachmann, Eugenio Coșeriu, Claude Piron, August Leskien, and Friedrich Christian Diez. After him are William Labov, Sándor Kőrösi Csoma, Abu al-Aswad al-Du'ali, Hugo Schuchardt, Vilém Mathesius, and Robert Morrison.

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Josef Dobrovský
1753 - 1829
HPI: 55.48
Rank: 52
Karl Lachmann
1793 - 1851
HPI: 55.37
Rank: 53
Eugenio Coșeriu
1921 - 2002
HPI: 55.31
Rank: 54
Claude Piron
1931 - 2008
HPI: 55.17
Rank: 55
August Leskien
1840 - 1916
HPI: 55.08
Rank: 56
Friedrich Christian Diez
1794 - 1876
HPI: 54.90
Rank: 57
Michael Halliday
1925 - 2018
HPI: 54.82
Rank: 58
William Labov
1927 - Present
HPI: 54.71
Rank: 59
Sándor Kőrösi Csoma
1784 - 1842
HPI: 54.67
Rank: 60
Abu al-Aswad al-Du'ali
603 - Present
HPI: 54.58
Rank: 61
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

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1925, Michael Halliday ranks 137. Before him are Arlene Dahl, Antoine Gizenga, Ana María Matute, Alexandre do Nascimento, Jenő Buzánszky, and Efim Geller. After him are Zvi Zamir, Aldo Ciccolini, Flannery O'Connor, Max Morlock, Uzi Narkiss, and Mario Merz. Among people deceased in 2018, Michael Halliday ranks 112. Before him are Kim Jong-pil, Alan Baker, Maria Bueno, Margot Kidder, Darío Castrillón Hoyos, and Michael Anderson. After him are Jozef Adamec, Raymond Chow, Kira Muratova, José Antonio Abreu, Adem Demaçi, and Oliver Dragojević.

Others Born in 1925

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Arlene Dahl
1925 - 2021
HPI: 55.04
Rank: 131
Antoine Gizenga
1925 - 2019
HPI: 55.04
Rank: 132
Ana María Matute
1925 - 2014
HPI: 55.01
Rank: 133
Alexandre do Nascimento
1925 - Present
HPI: 54.94
Rank: 134
Jenő Buzánszky
1925 - 2015
HPI: 54.88
Rank: 135
Efim Geller
1925 - 1998
HPI: 54.83
Rank: 136
Michael Halliday
1925 - 2018
HPI: 54.82
Rank: 137
Zvi Zamir
1925 - 2024
HPI: 54.81
Rank: 138
Aldo Ciccolini
1925 - 2015
HPI: 54.77
Rank: 139
Flannery O'Connor
1925 - 1964
HPI: 54.76
Rank: 140
Max Morlock
1925 - 1994
HPI: 54.59
Rank: 141
Uzi Narkiss
1925 - 1997
HPI: 54.47
Rank: 142
Mario Merz
1925 - 2003
HPI: 54.44
Rank: 143

Others Deceased in 2018

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Kim Jong-pil
1926 - 2018
HPI: 55.65
Rank: 106
Alan Baker
1939 - 2018
HPI: 55.63
Rank: 107
Maria Bueno
1939 - 2018
HPI: 55.49
Rank: 108
Margot Kidder
1948 - 2018
HPI: 55.47
Rank: 109
Darío Castrillón Hoyos
1929 - 2018
HPI: 55.23
Rank: 110
Michael Anderson
1920 - 2018
HPI: 55.07
Rank: 111
Michael Halliday
1925 - 2018
HPI: 54.82
Rank: 112
Jozef Adamec
1942 - 2018
HPI: 54.74
Rank: 113
Raymond Chow
1927 - 2018
HPI: 54.69
Rank: 114
Kira Muratova
1934 - 2018
HPI: 54.55
Rank: 115
José Antonio Abreu
1939 - 2018
HPI: 54.52
Rank: 116
Adem Demaçi
1936 - 2018
HPI: 54.29
Rank: 117
Oliver Dragojević
1947 - 2018
HPI: 54.26
Rank: 118

In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Michael Halliday ranks 1,629 out of 7,765. Before him are David Armstrong-Jones, 2nd Earl of Snowdon (1961), Marjorie Bruce (1297), Richard Parkes Bonington (1801), Kingsley Amis (1922), Lord Guildford Dudley (1536), and Patrick O'Brian (1914). After him are Dick Francis (1920), Catherine Ashton (1956), Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield (1694), Duncan Haldane (1951), James Hilton (1900), and Roger Deakins (1949).

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David Armstrong-Jones, 2nd Earl of Snowdon
1961 - Present
HPI: 54.85
Rank: 1,623
Marjorie Bruce
1297 - 1316
HPI: 54.85
Rank: 1,624
Richard Parkes Bonington
1801 - 1828
HPI: 54.85
Rank: 1,625
Kingsley Amis
1922 - 1995
HPI: 54.84
Rank: 1,626
Lord Guildford Dudley
1536 - 1553
HPI: 54.83
Rank: 1,627
Patrick O'Brian
1914 - 2000
HPI: 54.82
Rank: 1,628
Michael Halliday
1925 - 2018
HPI: 54.82
Rank: 1,629
Dick Francis
1920 - 2010
HPI: 54.81
Rank: 1,630
Catherine Ashton
1956 - Present
HPI: 54.81
Rank: 1,631
Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield
1694 - 1773
HPI: 54.78
Rank: 1,632
Duncan Haldane
1951 - Present
HPI: 54.76
Rank: 1,633
James Hilton
1900 - 1954
HPI: 54.76
Rank: 1,634
Roger Deakins
1949 - Present
HPI: 54.75
Rank: 1,635