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Michael Witzel

1943 - Today

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Michael Witzel (born July 18, 1943) is a German-American philologist, comparative mythologist and Indologist. Witzel is the Wales Professor of Sanskrit at Harvard University and the editor of the Harvard Oriental Series (volumes 50–100). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Michael Witzel has received more than 238,813 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Michael Witzel is the 211th most popular linguist, the 1,411th most popular biography from Poland and the 5th most popular Polish Linguist.

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  • 240k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 44.87

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.81

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.88

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among LINGUISTS

Among linguists, Michael Witzel ranks 211 out of 214. Before him are Einar Haugen, Geoffrey Hull, Henry Watson Fowler, Rudolf Thurneysen, Ian Hancock, and Mary Haas. After him are Ranko Matasović.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1943, Michael Witzel ranks 707. Before him are Mike Fisher, Roy D. Bridges Jr., Jon McBride, Ronnie Milsap, Wayne Allard, and Jeff Bingaman. After him are Doris Kearns Goodwin, Barbara Acklin, Michael J. McCulley, Ian Chappell, Andy Roxburgh, and Judy Martz.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Michael Witzel ranks 1,411 out of 1,694. Before him are Artur Partyka (1969), Magdalena Mielcarz (1978), Daria Werbowy (1983), Agnieszka Grochowska (1979), Sławomir Szmal (1978), and Ewa Sonnet (1985). After him are Andrzej Wroński (1965), Ryszard Wolny (1969), Karolina Bielawska (1999), Jacek Zieliński (1967), Dariusz Jemielniak (1975), and Jason Rogers (null).

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Among LINGUISTS In Poland

Among linguists born in Poland, Michael Witzel ranks 5. Before him are Edward Sapir (1884), Jan Baudouin de Courtenay (1845), Franz Felix Adalbert Kuhn (1812), and Friedrich von Adelung (1768).

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