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Robert Blust

1940 - 2022

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Robert A. Blust (; Chinese: 白樂思; pinyin: Bái Lèsī; May 9, 1940 – January 5, 2022) was an American linguist who worked in several areas, including historical linguistics, lexicography and ethnology. He was Professor of Linguistics at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Robert Blust has received more than 66,424 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Robert Blust is the 131st most popular linguist, the 5,966th most popular biography from United States and the 14th most popular American Linguist.

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  • 66k

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  • 47.64

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.78

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.82

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among LINGUISTS

Among linguists, Robert Blust ranks 131 out of 161. Before him are Giuliano Bonfante, Yevgeny Polivanov, Waldemar Rosenberger, Vasily Abaev, Vyacheslav Ivanov, and Johan Nicolai Madvig. After him are Gaston Waringhien, Felix Jacoby, Zellig Harris, Alexander Veselovsky, Heinrich Schmid, and Marcus Zuerius van Boxhorn.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1940, Robert Blust ranks 325. Before him are Aracy Balabanian, Farooq Leghari, Léon Semmeling, Claire Bretécher, Frankie Avalon, and Robby Müller. After him are Mirjam Pressler, Jacques Higelin, Silvester Takač, José de Anchieta Fontana, Wolf Kahler, and Alain Calmat. Among people deceased in 2022, Robert Blust ranks 279. Before him are Kenneth Welsh, Rustam Ibragimbekov, Nehemiah Persoff, Karol Divín, Nélida Piñon, and Greg Bear. After him are Henk Groot, Yoko Shimada, Freddy Rincón, Jô Soares, Carlos Amigo Vallejo, and Jüri Tarmak.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Robert Blust ranks 5,966 out of 18,182. Before him are Louise Arner Boyd (1887), Phoebe Cates (1963), Edward Burns (1968), Alan Freed (1921), Alex Katz (1927), and Koko Taylor (1928). After him are Phil McGraw (1950), Steve Miller (1943), Elizabeth Strout (1956), Richard Benjamin (1938), Barry Newman (1938), and Vince Carter (1977).

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Among LINGUISTS In United States

Among linguists born in United States, Robert Blust ranks 14. Before him are Noah Webster (1758), Joshua Fishman (1926), Stephen Krashen (1941), George Kingsley Zipf (1902), Morris Swadesh (1909), and William Dwight Whitney (1827). After him are Charles F. Hockett (1916), Alice Kober (1906), Dell Hymes (1927), Daniel Everett (1951), and Lyle Campbell (1942).

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