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Vilém Mathesius

1882 - 1945

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Vilém Mathesius (Czech pronunciation: [ˈvɪlɛːm ˈmatɛːzɪjus], 3 August 1882 – 12 April 1945) was a Czech linguist, literary historian and co-founder of the Prague Linguistic Circle. He is considered one of the founders of structural functionalism in linguistics.Mathesius was the editor-in-chief of two linguistic journals, Travaux du Cercle Linguistique de Prague (“Works of the Prague Linguistic Circle”) and Slovo a slovesnost ("Word and Verbal Art"), and the co-founder of a third, Nové Athenaeum. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Vilém Mathesius has received more than 42,151 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Vilém Mathesius is the 63rd most popular linguist (up from 66th in 2019), the 271st most popular biography from Czechia (down from 266th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Czech Linguist.

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Among LINGUISTS

Among linguists, Vilém Mathesius ranks 63 out of 161Before him are Friedrich Christian Diez, Michael Halliday, William Labov, Sándor Kőrösi Csoma, Abu al-Aswad al-Du'ali, and Hugo Schuchardt. After him are Robert Morrison, Noah Webster, Karl Brugmann, Ghil'ad Zuckermann, Matthias Castrén, and Émile Littré.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1882, Vilém Mathesius ranks 106Before him are August Kopff, Aurel Vlaicu, Maximiliano Hernández Martínez, Fiorello H. La Guardia, Archduchess Maria Anna of Austria, and Max Decugis. After him are Kâzım Karabekir, Walther Meissner, Otto Weddigen, James F. Byrnes, Joseph Cardijn, and Karl Rapp. Among people deceased in 1945, Vilém Mathesius ranks 159Before him are Heinrich Ehrler, Isamu Chō, Alfred Meyer, Gustav Flatow, Prince Kan'in Kotohito, and Gerhard Gentzen. After him are Ferdynand Antoni Ossendowski, Jacques Doriot, Günther Lützow, Peter Högl, Prince Frederick of Schaumburg-Lippe, and Richard Thomalla.

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In Czechia

Among people born in Czechia, Vilém Mathesius ranks 271 out of 973Before him are Joseph Škoda (1805), Princess Michael of Kent (1945), Jan Kubelík (1880), Josef Blösche (1912), Emil Orlík (1870), and Václav Neumann (1920). After him are Elisabeth of Bohemia (1358), Alois Hába (1893), Jan Stráský (1940), Karel Hynek Mácha (1810), Jaromír Jágr (1972), and Josef Sudek (1896).

Among LINGUISTS In Czechia

Among linguists born in Czechia, Vilém Mathesius ranks 2Before him are Bedřich Hrozný (1879). After him are Jan Mukařovský (1891) and Julius Pokorny (1887).