LINGUIST

Rudolf Thurneysen

1857 - 1940

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Eduard Rudolf Thurneysen (14 March 1857 – 9 August 1940) was a Swiss linguist and Celticist. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Rudolf Thurneysen has received more than 36,873 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Rudolf Thurneysen is the 208th most popular linguist (down from 183rd in 2019), the 729th most popular biography from Switzerland (down from 642nd in 2019) and the 8th most popular Swiss Linguist.

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  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.50

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.54

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among LINGUISTS

Among linguists, Rudolf Thurneysen ranks 208 out of 214. Before him are Sophus Bugge, Daniel Everett, Johan Ludvig Heiberg, Einar Haugen, Geoffrey Hull, and Henry Watson Fowler. After him are Ian Hancock, Mary Haas, Michael Witzel, and Ranko Matasović.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1857, Rudolf Thurneysen ranks 134. Before him are Max Weiss, Michael Pedersen Friis, Arthur Wesley Dow, David Prain, Walter Rutherford, and Charles B. Cory. After him are Gertrude Atherton, Alice Stone Blackwell, and Alfred Lyttelton. Among people deceased in 1940, Rudolf Thurneysen ranks 199. Before him are Gregorio Aglipay, Walter Connolly, Mary Anderson, Michael Joseph Savage, William Lashly, and Maude Abbott. After him are Frederick Merriman, George B. Cortelyou, Jay O'Brien, and Lily Williams.

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In Switzerland

Among people born in Switzerland, Rudolf Thurneysen ranks 729 out of 1,015. Before him are Mirwais (1960), Jean-Claude Rudaz (1942), Ruth Metzler (1964), Paolo Meneguzzi (1976), Fabian Schär (1991), and Milo Moiré (1986). After him are Marco Odermatt (1997), Beat Breu (1957), Daniel Giger (1949), Corinne Maier (1963), Doris de Agostini (1958), and Martin Odersky (1958).

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Among LINGUISTS In Switzerland

Among linguists born in Switzerland, Rudolf Thurneysen ranks 8. Before him are Charles Bally (1865), Wilhelm Meyer-Lübke (1861), Albert Sechehaye (1870), Jules Gilliéron (1854), Walther von Wartburg (1888), and Heinrich Schmid (1921).

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