LINGUIST

Tamaz V. Gamkrelidze

1929 - 2021

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Tamaz Valerianis dze Gamkrelidze (Georgian: თამაზ ვალერიანის ძე გამყრელიძე; 23 October 1929 – 10 February 2021) was a Georgian linguist, orientalist public benefactor and Hittitologist, Academic (since 1974) and President (2005–2013) of the Georgian Academy of Sciences (GAS), Doctor of Sciences (1963), Professor (1964). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Tamaz V. Gamkrelidze has received more than 52,656 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Tamaz V. Gamkrelidze is the 97th most popular linguist (up from 109th in 2019), the 123rd most popular biography from Georgia (up from 136th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Georgian Linguist.

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  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.92

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.10

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among LINGUISTS

Among linguists, Tamaz V. Gamkrelidze ranks 97 out of 214. Before him are Adolf Erman, Stephen Krashen, Gustaf John Ramstedt, George Abraham Grierson, Paul Ariste, and John Chadwick. After him are Michael Halliday, Alexander Potebnja, Johannes Schmidt, Yuen Ren Chao, Đuro Daničić, and Teun A. van Dijk.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1929, Tamaz V. Gamkrelidze ranks 221. Before him are Sixten Jernberg, Horst Frank, Arnold Palmer, Muhammad Rafiq Tarar, Hal Ashby, and Hugues Aufray. After him are Péter Szondi, Lee Shau-kee, Bob Hawke, Ronald Golias, George Crumb, and Luigi Taveri. Among people deceased in 2021, Tamaz V. Gamkrelidze ranks 230. Before him are Lamine Diack, Freimut Börngen, Yevhen Marchuk, Sergei Kovalev, Carlos do Carmo, and Nick Kamen. After him are Nicholas Cheong Jin-suk, Justo Tejada, Lee Evans, Judith Reisman, Justo Gallego Martínez, and Charles Geschke.

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In Georgia

Among people born in Georgia, Tamaz V. Gamkrelidze ranks 123 out of 406. Before him are Gregory of Tatev (1346), Koca Yusuf Pasha (1730), Alex Metreveli (1944), Vakhushti of Kartli (1696), Vasil Mzhavanadze (1902), and Konstantine Gamsakhurdia (1893). After him are Mikheil Chiaureli (1894), Zhores Medvedev (1925), Dimitri Uznadze (1886), David Kipiani (1951), Kosta Khetagurov (1859), and Shota Arveladze (1973).

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Among LINGUISTS In Georgia

Among linguists born in Georgia, Tamaz V. Gamkrelidze ranks 2. Before him are Nicholas Marr (1864). After him are Vasily Abaev (1900), and Arnold Chikobava (1898).

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