LINGUIST

Wilhelm Meyer-Lübke

1861 - 1936

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Wilhelm Meyer-Lübke (Swiss Standard German: [ˈvɪlhɛlm ˈmaɪər ˈlʏpkɛ]; 30 January 1861 – 4 October 1936) was a Swiss philologist of the Neogrammarian school of linguistics. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Wilhelm Meyer-Lübke has received more than 22,372 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Wilhelm Meyer-Lübke is the 70th most popular linguist (up from 76th in 2019), the 250th most popular biography from Switzerland (up from 254th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Swiss Linguist.

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    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.40

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Among LINGUISTS

Among linguists, Wilhelm Meyer-Lübke ranks 70 out of 214. Before him are Claude Piron, Joshua Fishman, Louis de Beaufront, Friedrich Christian Diez, Ghil'ad Zuckermann, and Boris Kolker. After him are Robert Morrison, Ahatanhel Krymsky, Émile Littré, William Labov, Max Nettlau, and Konrad Duden.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1861, Wilhelm Meyer-Lübke ranks 69. Before him are Constantin Prezan, Kurt Hensel, William Renshaw, Katō Tomosaburō, Nikolay Zelinsky, and Ivana Kobilca. After him are Madan Mohan Malaviya, Hermann Muthesius, Frederick Jackson Turner, Eduard, Duke of Anhalt, Elin Danielson-Gambogi, and Henri Mathias Berthelot. Among people deceased in 1936, Wilhelm Meyer-Lübke ranks 88. Before him are Alexandros Zaimis, Zahra Khanom Tadj es-Saltaneh, Oskar Barnack, Louis Camille Maillard, Christiaan Snouck Hurgronje, and José Calvo Sotelo. After him are Johannes Franz Hartmann, Georgios Kondylis, Jean Patou, Svetozar Pribićević, Sophie, Princess of Albania, and Juliette Adam.

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In Switzerland

Among people born in Switzerland, Wilhelm Meyer-Lübke ranks 250 out of 1,015. Before him are Johann Jakob Bodmer (1698), Vincent Perez (1964), Jeremias Gotthelf (1797), Rudolf Wolf (1816), Matilda of Habsburg (1253), and Johann Peter Hebel (1760). After him are Heinz Holliger (1939), Marcel Koller (1960), Gustave Moynier (1826), Ferdinand Kübler (1919), R. Norris Williams (1891), and Giovanni Giacometti (1868).

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Among LINGUISTS In Switzerland

Among linguists born in Switzerland, Wilhelm Meyer-Lübke ranks 3. Before him are Ferdinand de Saussure (1857), and Charles Bally (1865). After him are Albert Sechehaye (1870), Jules Gilliéron (1854), Walther von Wartburg (1888), Heinrich Schmid (1921), and Rudolf Thurneysen (1857).

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