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Sophus Bugge

1833 - 1907

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Elseus Sophus Bugge (5 January 1833 – 8 July 1907) was a Norwegian philologist and linguist. His scholarly work was directed to the study of runic inscriptions and Norse philology. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sophus Bugge has received more than 67,138 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Sophus Bugge is the 202nd most popular linguist (down from 181st in 2019), the 546th most popular biography from Norway (down from 498th in 2019) and the most popular Norwegian Linguist.

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  • 49.36

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.29

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.70

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among LINGUISTS

Among linguists, Sophus Bugge ranks 202 out of 214. Before him are Georg Bühler, Robert Blust, Lyle Campbell, Dmitry Ushakov, Bo Ralph, and Rogier Blokland. After him are Daniel Everett, Johan Ludvig Heiberg, Einar Haugen, Geoffrey Hull, Henry Watson Fowler, and Rudolf Thurneysen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1833, Sophus Bugge ranks 88. Before him are Duncan Stewart, Charles Bradlaugh, Josipina Turnograjska, Maxwell T. Masters, Henry Roscoe, and J. Donald Cameron.  Among people deceased in 1907, Sophus Bugge ranks 100. Before him are Nikolai Menshutkin, Agnes Mary Clerke, Mariano Baptista, Maxwell T. Masters, Garrett Serviss, and Augustus Saint-Gaudens. After him are Russell A. Alger, and Frederic Moore.

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In Norway

Among people born in Norway, Sophus Bugge ranks 546 out of 1,039. Before him are Heidi Løke (1982), Geir Ivarsøy (1957), Kim Leine (1961), Pål Gunnar Mikkelsplass (1961), Frode Johnsen (1974), and Karsten Warholm (1996). After him are Dag Otto Lauritzen (1956), Finn Tveter (1947), Steve Sem-Sandberg (1958), Bjarte Engen Vik (1971), Ivar Lykke (1872), and Marit Paulsen (1939).

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Among LINGUISTS In Norway

Among linguists born in Norway, Sophus Bugge ranks 1. 

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