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Walther von Wartburg

1888 - 1971

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Walther von Wartburg (-Boos) (18 May 1888; Riedholz – 15 August 1971; Basel) was a Swiss philologist and lexicographer. He was the editor-in-chief of the Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (FEW). After studying at the universities of Berne, Zurich, Florence and Paris (The Sorbonne), in 1918 he presented his doctoral thesis Zur Benennung des Schafes in den romanischen Sprachen ("Names for sheep in Romance languages"). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Walther von Wartburg has received more than 25,439 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Walther von Wartburg is the 132nd most popular linguist, the 439th most popular biography from Switzerland and the 6th most popular Swiss Linguist.

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Among LINGUISTS

Among linguists, Walther von Wartburg ranks 132 out of 214. Before him are Franz Felix Adalbert Kuhn, Ferdinand Johann Wiedemann, Yevgeny Polivanov, Gaston Waringhien, Vasily Abaev, and Jan de Vries. After him are James Legge, Julius Pokorny, Felix Jacoby, Hermann Osthoff, Johan Nicolai Madvig, and Giuliano Bonfante.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1888, Walther von Wartburg ranks 168. Before him are Walther Kossel, Mahmoud El Nokrashy Pasha, Zia ol Din Tabatabaee, Dan Andersson, Alexander Chayanov, and Irving Cummings. After him are Gladys Cooper, František Langer, Osip Brik, Florence Lee, Tom Phillips, and Edward Cook. Among people deceased in 1971, Walther von Wartburg ranks 141. Before him are Shunryū Suzuki, Jo Cals, Simon Vestdijk, Juhan Smuul, John Dall, and Hjalmar Andersson. After him are Gladys Cooper, Princess Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen, Ahmed Bahnini, Gerhard von Rad, Harald Öhquist, and Cyril of Bulgaria.

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In Switzerland

Among people born in Switzerland, Walther von Wartburg ranks 439 out of 1,015. Before him are Wilhelm His Sr. (1831), René Felber (1933), Josef Munzinger (1791), Simeon Bavier (1825), Charles Antenen (1929), and Walter Wild (1872). After him are Nicolas Fuss (1755), Walter Breisky (1871), Alfred Kleiner (1849), Heinz Hermann (1958), Fritz Schär (1926), and Joseph Benz (1944).

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Among LINGUISTS In Switzerland

Among linguists born in Switzerland, Walther von Wartburg ranks 6. Before him are Ferdinand de Saussure (1857), Charles Bally (1865), Wilhelm Meyer-Lübke (1861), Albert Sechehaye (1870), and Jules Gilliéron (1854). After him are Heinrich Schmid (1921), and Rudolf Thurneysen (1857).

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