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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 48,991 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Tamaz V. Gamkrelidze is the 109th most popular linguist (up from 126th in 2019), the 136th most popular biography from Georgia (up from 154th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Georgian Linguist.

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  • 49k

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  • 49.91

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.61

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.00

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among LINGUISTS

Among linguists, Tamaz V. Gamkrelidze ranks 109 out of 161. Before him are Ali-Akbar Dehkhoda, Eugen Wüster, Louis Duchesne, Heinrich Hübschmann, Stephen Krashen, and Julius Pokorny. After him are Morris Halle, Hrachia Acharian, George Kingsley Zipf, Morris Swadesh, Anne Dacier, and Jules Gilliéron.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1929, Tamaz V. Gamkrelidze ranks 256. Before him are Txillardegi, Hugues Aufray, Walter Berry, Lolita Torres, Rutka Laskier, and James R. Schlesinger. After him are Nadja Tiller, Claude Goretta, Fernando Sebastián Aguilar, Paavo Berglund, Bob Hawke, and John Turner. Among people deceased in 2021, Tamaz V. Gamkrelidze ranks 347. Before him are Gustavo Noboa, Ester Mägi, Norman Lloyd, Andrej Hoteev, Ron Flowers, and Valeriy Pidluzhnyy. After him are Dimitri Kitsikis, Friederike Mayröcker, Robert Marchand, Jean-Pierre Bacri, Sanpei Shirato, and Giuseppe Rotunno.

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In Georgia

Among people born in Georgia, Tamaz V. Gamkrelidze ranks 136 out of 342. Before him are Grigol Abashidze (1914), Vasil Mzhavanadze (1902), Mikheil Chiaureli (1894), Shovkat Mammadova (1897), Niyazi (1912), and Zurab Zhvania (1963). After him are Galaktion Tabidze (1891), Georgy Beriev (1903), Revaz Dzodzuashvili (1945), Alexander P. de Seversky (1894), Tengiz Sigua (1934), and Kakutsa Cholokashvili (1888).

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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).

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