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William Dwight Whitney

1827 - 1894

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William Dwight Whitney (February 9, 1827 – June 7, 1894) was an American linguist, philologist, and lexicographer known for his work on Sanskrit grammar and Vedic philology as well as his influential view of language as a social institution. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of William Dwight Whitney has received more than 75,693 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). William Dwight Whitney is the 123rd most popular linguist (down from 121st in 2019), the 5,591st most popular biography from United States (up from 5,603rd in 2019) and the 13th most popular American Linguist.

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  • 48.30

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.31

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.20

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among LINGUISTS

Among linguists, William Dwight Whitney ranks 123 out of 161. Before him are Daniel Jones, George Abraham Grierson, John Florio, Aleksander Brückner, Bogdan Petriceicu Hasdeu, and Jan de Vries. After him are Ferdinand Johann Wiedemann, Giuliano Bonfante, Yevgeny Polivanov, Waldemar Rosenberger, Vasily Abaev, and Vyacheslav Ivanov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1827, William Dwight Whitney ranks 50. Before him are Karl Maximovich, Petko Slaveykov, Lydia Becker, Pyotr Andreyevich Shuvalov, Jacques-Louis Soret, and Frederick Abel. After him are Kostandin Kristoforidhi, Princess Hermine of Waldeck and Pyrmont, Charles John Andersson, Mary Ward, Ramón Emeterio Betances, and Frederic Thesiger, 2nd Baron Chelmsford. Among people deceased in 1894, William Dwight Whitney ranks 60. Before him are Maria Deraismes, Heinrich Karl Brugsch, Karl von Blaas, Caterina Volpicelli, Edmond Frémy, and Boston Corbett. After him are Verney Lovett Cameron, Adolf Friedrich von Schack, Juan N. Méndez, Gillis Bildt, Jubal Early, and Illarion Pryanishnikov.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, William Dwight Whitney ranks 5,591 out of 18,182. Before him are Joshua Chamberlain (1828), Edith Clarke (1883), David Proval (1942), Bonnie Raitt (1949), John Drew Barrymore (1932), and Dinah Shore (1916). After him are Bob James (1939), Franchot Tone (1905), Mamie Smith (1891), Annette Haven (1954), Lou Gramm (1950), and David Conrad (1967).

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Among LINGUISTS In United States

Among linguists born in United States, William Dwight Whitney ranks 13. Before him are William Labov (1927), Noah Webster (1758), Joshua Fishman (1926), Stephen Krashen (1941), George Kingsley Zipf (1902), and Morris Swadesh (1909). After him are Robert Blust (1940), Charles F. Hockett (1916), Alice Kober (1906), Dell Hymes (1927), Daniel Everett (1951), and Lyle Campbell (1942).

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