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Ramón Menéndez Pidal

1869 - 1968

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Ramón Menéndez Pidal (Spanish pronunciation: [raˈmom meˈnendeθ piˈðal]; 13 March 1869 – 14 November 1968) was a Spanish philologist and historian. He worked extensively on the history of the Spanish language and Spanish folklore and folk poetry. One of his main topics was the history and legend of El Cid. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ramón Menéndez Pidal has received more than 102,212 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia. Ramón Menéndez Pidal is the 78th most popular linguist (down from 74th in 2019), the 876th most popular biography from Spain (down from 851st in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Spanish Linguist.

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    Page Views (PV)

  • 60.45

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.39

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.74

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among LINGUISTS

Among linguists, Ramón Menéndez Pidal ranks 78 out of 214. Before him are Ahatanhel Krymsky, Émile Littré, William Labov, Max Nettlau, Konrad Duden, and Carl Brockelmann. After him are Agop Dilâçar, August Immanuel Bekker, Holger Pedersen, Leo Spitzer, Jan Mukařovský, and Johannes Aavik.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1869, Ramón Menéndez Pidal ranks 78. Before him are Tony Garnier, Michael von Faulhaber, Konstantin Somov, Léon Brunschvicg, Paul Émile Chabas, and Slobodan Jovanović. After him are Arthur Rostron, Vladimir Dmitrievich Nabokov, Prince Ferdinand Pius, Duke of Calabria, Prince Johann Georg of Saxony, Nicolae Paulescu, and Duchess Elisabeth Alexandrine of Mecklenburg-Schwerin. Among people deceased in 1968, Ramón Menéndez Pidal ranks 95. Before him are Howard Florey, Tullio Serafin, R. Norris Williams, Tallulah Bankhead, Tivadar Soros, and Lilian Harvey. After him are Gholamreza Takhti, Tian Han, Herbert Read, Randolph Churchill, George Hackenschmidt, and Sigfried Giedion.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Ramón Menéndez Pidal ranks 876 out of 3,355. Before him are Marisol (1948), Isabella of Castile, Duchess of York (1355), Francisco Bru (1885), Néstor Almendros (1930), Antonio María Rouco Varela (1936), and Luis García Berlanga (1921). After him are Pedro Cieza de León (1520), Roberto Martínez (1973), Xavier Cugat (1900), Luis Arconada (1954), Muhyi al-Din al-Maghribi (1220), and Abraham ibn Daud (1110).

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Among LINGUISTS In Spain

Among linguists born in Spain, Ramón Menéndez Pidal ranks 2. Before him are Pompeu Fabra (1868). After him are Joan Coromines (1905), Germà Colón (1928), Martí de Riquer i Morera (1914), and Francisco Rodríguez Adrados (1922).

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