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Vasily Radlov

1837 - 1918

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Vasily Vasilievich Radlov or Friedrich Wilhelm Radloff (Russian: Васи́лий Васи́льевич Ра́длов; 17 January [O.S. 5 January] 1837 in Berlin – 12 May 1918 in Petrograd) was a German-Russian linguist, ethnographer, and archaeologist, often considered to be the founder of Turkology, the scientific study of Turkic peoples. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Vasily Radlov has received more than 45,152 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Vasily Radlov is the 39th most popular linguist (up from 42nd in 2019), the 1,419th most popular biography from Germany (up from 1,560th in 2019) and the 10th most popular German Linguist.

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  • 58.42

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 29

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.54

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.57

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among LINGUISTS

Among linguists, Vasily Radlov ranks 39 out of 161. Before him are Friedrich August Wolf, Jan Baudouin de Courtenay, Edgar de Wahl, Alexandre de Rhodes, Bedřich Hrozný, and Benjamin Lee Whorf. After him are André Martinet, Gabdulkhay Akhatov, Vilhelm Thomsen, Leonard Bloomfield, George Lakoff, and Joseph Greenberg.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1837, Vasily Radlov ranks 28. Before him are Empress Dowager Ci'an, Ilia Chavchavadze, Rosalía de Castro, Stephanie of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, Émile Waldteufel, and Pierre Auguste Cot. After him are Virginia Oldoini, Countess of Castiglione, Joseph Bell, Édouard Stephan, James Murray, Ion Creangă, and Wild Bill Hickok. Among people deceased in 1918, Vasily Radlov ranks 53. Before him are César Ritz, István Tisza, Ivan Cankar, Princess Anna of Prussia, Stepan Shaumian, and Daniel Burley Woolfall. After him are Mikhail Alekseyev, Sai Baba of Shirdi, Victor Adler, George Tupou II, Grand Duke Sergei Mikhailovich of Russia, and Samuel Liddell MacGregor Mathers.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Vasily Radlov ranks 1,419 out of 6,142. Before him are Widukind of Corvey (925), Ferdinand Georg Frobenius (1849), Leonhart Fuchs (1501), Princess Louise Margaret of Prussia (1860), Horst Ludwig Störmer (1949), and Christian Friedrich Schönbein (1799). After him are Hans Vaihinger (1852), Reinhart Koselleck (1923), Thomas Tuchel (1973), Elisabeth of the Palatinate (1618), Archduchess Maria Anna Josepha of Austria (1654), and Arthur Auwers (1838).

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Among LINGUISTS In Germany

Among linguists born in Germany, Vasily Radlov ranks 10. Before him are Johann Martin Schleyer (1831), Georg Friedrich Grotefend (1775), Johann Christoph Adelung (1732), Michel Bréal (1832), Jost Gippert (1956), and Friedrich August Wolf (1759). After him are Hermann Paul (1846), Karl Lachmann (1793), August Leskien (1840), Friedrich Christian Diez (1794), Hugo Schuchardt (1842), and Karl Brugmann (1849).

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