LINGUIST

Yuen Ren Chao

1892 - 1982

Yuen Ren Chao

Yuen Ren Chao (3 November 1892 – 25 February 1982), also known as Zhao Yuanren, was a Chinese-American linguist, educator, scholar, poet, and composer, who contributed to the modern study of Chinese phonology and grammar. Chao was born and raised in China, then attended university in the United States, where he earned degrees from Cornell University and Harvard University. A naturally gifted polyglot and linguist, his Mandarin Primer was one of the most widely used Mandarin Chinese textbooks in the 20th century. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Yuen Ren Chao has received more than 369,441 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Yuen Ren Chao is the 101st most popular linguist (down from 85th in 2019), the 748th most popular biography from China (down from 682nd in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Chinese Linguist.

Memorability Metrics

370k
Page Views (PV)
52.32
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
24
Languages Editions (L)
3.01
Effective Languages (L*)
2.96
Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among LINGUISTS

Among linguists, Yuen Ren Chao ranks 101 out of 214. Before him are Paul Ariste, John Chadwick, Tamaz V. Gamkrelidze, Michael Halliday, Alexander Potebnja, and Johannes Schmidt. After him are Đuro Daničić, Teun A. van Dijk, Joan Coromines, Matteo Bartoli, Igor M. Diakonoff, and Daniel Jones.

Most Popular Linguists in Wikipedia

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Paul Ariste
1905 - 1990
HPI: 52.75
Rank: 95
John Chadwick
1920 - 1998
HPI: 52.68
Rank: 96
Tamaz V. Gamkrelidze
1929 - 2021
HPI: 52.58
Rank: 97
Michael Halliday
1925 - 2018
HPI: 52.55
Rank: 98
Alexander Potebnja
1835 - 1891
HPI: 52.44
Rank: 99
Johannes Schmidt
1843 - 1901
HPI: 52.40
Rank: 100
Yuen Ren Chao
1892 - 1982
HPI: 52.32
Rank: 101
Đuro Daničić
1825 - 1882
HPI: 52.32
Rank: 102
Teun A. van Dijk
1943 - Present
HPI: 52.17
Rank: 103
Joan Coromines
1905 - 1997
HPI: 52.00
Rank: 104
Matteo Bartoli
1873 - 1946
HPI: 51.73
Rank: 105
Igor M. Diakonoff
1914 - 1999
HPI: 51.55
Rank: 106
Daniel Jones
1881 - 1967
HPI: 51.51
Rank: 107

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1892, Yuen Ren Chao ranks 153. Before him are Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy, Kiyonao Ichiki, Gustav Fehn, Maximilian Fretter-Pico, Richard Huelsenbeck, and Píndaro de Carvalho Rodrigues. After him are Stepan Petrichenko, Hans Jordan, Hugo Österman, Alice Brady, Francesca Bertini, and Artur Rodziński. Among people deceased in 1982, Yuen Ren Chao ranks 125. Before him are Sultan al-Atrash, Hubert Lanz, Teinosuke Kinugasa, Hermann Rauschning, Nahum Goldmann, and Alberto Cavalcanti. After him are Leonid Utyosov, Warren Oates, Igor Gouzenko, Miguel Ydígoras Fuentes, Jean Effel, and Ulla Jacobsson.

Others Born in 1892

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Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy
POLITICIAN
1892 - 1963
HPI: 52.88
Rank: 147
Kiyonao Ichiki
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1892 - 1942
HPI: 52.83
Rank: 148
Gustav Fehn
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1892 - 1945
HPI: 52.70
Rank: 149
Maximilian Fretter-Pico
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1892 - 1984
HPI: 52.55
Rank: 150
Richard Huelsenbeck
POLITICIAN
1892 - 1974
HPI: 52.46
Rank: 151
Píndaro de Carvalho Rodrigues
SOCCER PLAYER
1892 - 1965
HPI: 52.42
Rank: 152
Yuen Ren Chao
LINGUIST
1892 - 1982
HPI: 52.32
Rank: 153
Stepan Petrichenko
POLITICIAN
1892 - 1947
HPI: 52.31
Rank: 154
Hans Jordan
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1892 - 1975
HPI: 52.30
Rank: 155
Hugo Österman
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1892 - 1975
HPI: 52.29
Rank: 156
Alice Brady
ACTOR
1892 - 1939
HPI: 52.17
Rank: 157
Francesca Bertini
ACTOR
1892 - 1985
HPI: 52.06
Rank: 158
Artur Rodziński
CONDUCTOR
1892 - 1958
HPI: 51.90
Rank: 159