1882 - 1945
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, Vilém Mathesius ranks 63 out of 161. Before 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.
1794 - 1876
HPI: 54.90
Rank: 57
1925 - 2018
HPI: 54.82
Rank: 58
1927 - Present
HPI: 54.71
Rank: 59
1784 - 1842
HPI: 54.67
Rank: 60
603 - Present
HPI: 54.58
Rank: 61
1842 - 1927
HPI: 54.44
Rank: 62
1882 - 1945
HPI: 54.44
Rank: 63
1782 - 1834
HPI: 54.33
Rank: 64
1758 - 1843
HPI: 54.31
Rank: 65
1849 - 1919
HPI: 54.26
Rank: 66
1971 - Present
HPI: 54.07
Rank: 67
1813 - 1852
HPI: 53.93
Rank: 68
1801 - 1881
HPI: 53.83
Rank: 69
Among people born in 1882, Vilém Mathesius ranks 106. Before 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 159. Before 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.
1882 - 1960
HPI: 54.72
Rank: 100
1882 - 1913
HPI: 54.66
Rank: 101
1882 - 1966
HPI: 54.66
Rank: 102
1882 - 1947
HPI: 54.61
Rank: 103
1882 - 1940
HPI: 54.55
Rank: 104
1882 - 1978
HPI: 54.46
Rank: 105
1882 - 1945
HPI: 54.44
Rank: 106
1882 - 1948
HPI: 54.42
Rank: 107
1882 - 1974
HPI: 54.12
Rank: 108
1882 - 1915
HPI: 54.05
Rank: 109
1882 - 1972
HPI: 53.91
Rank: 110
1882 - 1967
HPI: 53.85
Rank: 111
1882 - 1962
HPI: 53.60
Rank: 112
1917 - 1945
HPI: 54.69
Rank: 153
1895 - 1945
HPI: 54.64
Rank: 154
1891 - 1945
HPI: 54.60
Rank: 155
1875 - 1945
HPI: 54.60
Rank: 156
1865 - 1945
HPI: 54.56
Rank: 157
1909 - 1945
HPI: 54.47
Rank: 158
1882 - 1945
HPI: 54.44
Rank: 159
1876 - 1945
HPI: 54.26
Rank: 160
1898 - 1945
HPI: 54.20
Rank: 161
1912 - 1945
HPI: 54.19
Rank: 162
1897 - 1945
HPI: 54.13
Rank: 163
1868 - 1945
HPI: 54.01
Rank: 164
1903 - 1945
HPI: 54.01
Rank: 165
Among people born in Czechia, Vilém Mathesius ranks 271 out of 973. Before 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).
1805 - 1881
HPI: 54.60
Rank: 265
1945 - Present
HPI: 54.58
Rank: 266
1880 - 1940
HPI: 54.53
Rank: 267
1912 - 1969
HPI: 54.52
Rank: 268
1870 - 1932
HPI: 54.51
Rank: 269
1920 - 1995
HPI: 54.45
Rank: 270
1882 - 1945
HPI: 54.44
Rank: 271
1358 - 1373
HPI: 54.42
Rank: 272
1893 - 1973
HPI: 54.25
Rank: 273
1940 - 2019
HPI: 54.24
Rank: 274
1810 - 1836
HPI: 54.22
Rank: 275
1972 - Present
HPI: 54.13
Rank: 276
1896 - 1976
HPI: 54.11
Rank: 277
Among linguists born in Czechia, Vilém Mathesius ranks 2. Before him are Bedřich Hrozný (1879). After him are Jan Mukařovský (1891) and Julius Pokorny (1887).
1879 - 1952
HPI: 58.57
Rank: 1
1882 - 1945
HPI: 54.44
Rank: 2
1891 - 1975
HPI: 53.13
Rank: 3
1887 - 1970
HPI: 49.98
Rank: 4