1909 - 1967
Morris Swadesh (; January 22, 1909 – July 20, 1967) was an American linguist who specialized in comparative and historical linguistics. Swadesh was born in Massachusetts to Bessarabian Jewish immigrant parents. He completed bachelor's and master's degrees at the University of Chicago, studying under Edward Sapir, and then followed Sapir to Yale University where he completed a Ph.D. in 1933. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Morris Swadesh has received more than 132,383 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2019). Morris Swadesh is the 113th most popular linguist (down from 90th in 2019), the 4,769th most popular biography from United States (down from 3,953rd in 2019) and the 12th most popular American Linguist.
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Among linguists, Morris Swadesh ranks 113 out of 161. Before him are Stephen Krashen, Julius Pokorny, Tamaz V. Gamkrelidze, Morris Halle, Hrachia Acharian, and George Kingsley Zipf. After him are Anne Dacier, Jules Gilliéron, Arie de Jong, Daniel Jones, George Abraham Grierson, and John Florio.
1941 - Present
HPI: 50.00
Rank: 107
1887 - 1970
HPI: 49.98
Rank: 108
1929 - 2021
HPI: 49.91
Rank: 109
1923 - 2018
HPI: 49.88
Rank: 110
1876 - 1953
HPI: 49.87
Rank: 111
1902 - 1950
HPI: 49.83
Rank: 112
1909 - 1967
HPI: 49.83
Rank: 113
1645 - 1720
HPI: 49.82
Rank: 114
1854 - 1926
HPI: 49.76
Rank: 115
1865 - 1957
HPI: 49.74
Rank: 116
1881 - 1967
HPI: 49.66
Rank: 117
1851 - 1941
HPI: 49.54
Rank: 118
1553 - 1625
HPI: 49.33
Rank: 119
Among people born in 1909, Morris Swadesh ranks 185. Before him are John Haigh, C. N. Annadurai, Endel Puusepp, Piotr Jaroszewicz, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., and Henryk Jabłoński. After him are Carlos Delgado Chalbaud, Pietro Arcari, Nikola Vaptsarov, Spyros Markezinis, Arnold Badjou, and Fritz Buchloh. Among people deceased in 1967, Morris Swadesh ranks 159. Before him are Edward Chamberlin, Siegfried Sassoon, Varian Fry, Antonio Riberi, Zhou Zuoren, and Reginald Punnett. After him are Henry Luce, Daniel Jones, Arthur Ransome, Georges Berger, Oskar Maria Graf, and Vlastimil Kopecký.
1909 - 1949
HPI: 50.06
Rank: 179
1909 - 1969
HPI: 50.06
Rank: 180
1909 - 1996
HPI: 50.02
Rank: 181
1909 - 1992
HPI: 50.01
Rank: 182
1909 - 2000
HPI: 49.97
Rank: 183
1909 - 2003
HPI: 49.88
Rank: 184
1909 - 1967
HPI: 49.83
Rank: 185
1909 - 1950
HPI: 49.78
Rank: 186
1909 - 1988
HPI: 49.77
Rank: 187
1909 - 1942
HPI: 49.73
Rank: 188
1909 - 2000
HPI: 49.70
Rank: 189
1909 - 1994
HPI: 49.38
Rank: 190
1909 - 1998
HPI: 49.34
Rank: 191
1899 - 1967
HPI: 50.30
Rank: 153
1886 - 1967
HPI: 50.22
Rank: 154
1907 - 1967
HPI: 50.19
Rank: 155
1897 - 1967
HPI: 50.08
Rank: 156
1885 - 1967
HPI: 49.95
Rank: 157
1875 - 1967
HPI: 49.84
Rank: 158
1909 - 1967
HPI: 49.83
Rank: 159
1898 - 1967
HPI: 49.77
Rank: 160
1881 - 1967
HPI: 49.66
Rank: 161
1884 - 1967
HPI: 49.56
Rank: 162
1918 - 1967
HPI: 49.35
Rank: 163
1894 - 1967
HPI: 49.12
Rank: 164
1912 - 1967
HPI: 49.12
Rank: 165
Among people born in United States, Morris Swadesh ranks 4,769 out of 18,182. Before him are Carl Spaatz (1891), Steven Zaillian (1953), Charles Dillon Perrine (1867), Big Joe Turner (1911), Muse Watson (1948), and George Kingsley Zipf (1902). After him are Jerry Hall (1956), Joe Dallesandro (1948), Elvin Hayes (1945), Demi Lovato (1992), Eugene Polley (1915), and Gilbert Baker (1951).
1891 - 1974
HPI: 49.83
Rank: 4,763
1953 - Present
HPI: 49.83
Rank: 4,764
1867 - 1951
HPI: 49.83
Rank: 4,765
1911 - 1985
HPI: 49.83
Rank: 4,766
1948 - Present
HPI: 49.83
Rank: 4,767
1902 - 1950
HPI: 49.83
Rank: 4,768
1909 - 1967
HPI: 49.83
Rank: 4,769
1956 - Present
HPI: 49.82
Rank: 4,770
1948 - Present
HPI: 49.82
Rank: 4,771
1945 - Present
HPI: 49.82
Rank: 4,772
1992 - Present
HPI: 49.82
Rank: 4,773
1915 - 2012
HPI: 49.82
Rank: 4,774
1951 - 2017
HPI: 49.81
Rank: 4,775
Among linguists born in United States, Morris Swadesh ranks 12. Before him are Joseph Greenberg (1915), William Labov (1927), Noah Webster (1758), Joshua Fishman (1926), Stephen Krashen (1941), and George Kingsley Zipf (1902). After him are William Dwight Whitney (1827), Robert Blust (1940), Charles F. Hockett (1916), Alice Kober (1906), Dell Hymes (1927), and Daniel Everett (1951).
1915 - 2001
HPI: 57.12
Rank: 6
1927 - Present
HPI: 54.71
Rank: 7
1758 - 1843
HPI: 54.31
Rank: 8
1926 - 2015
HPI: 52.69
Rank: 9
1941 - Present
HPI: 50.00
Rank: 10
1902 - 1950
HPI: 49.83
Rank: 11
1909 - 1967
HPI: 49.83
Rank: 12
1827 - 1894
HPI: 48.30
Rank: 13
1940 - 2022
HPI: 47.64
Rank: 14
1916 - 2000
HPI: 46.42
Rank: 15
1906 - 1950
HPI: 46.36
Rank: 16
1927 - 2009
HPI: 46.32
Rank: 17
1951 - Present
HPI: 42.21
Rank: 18