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LINGUIST

Yuen Ren Chao

1892 - 1982

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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 355,544 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia. Yuen Ren Chao is the 85th most popular linguist, the 684th most popular biography from China (down from 635th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Chinese Linguist.

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  • 360k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 51.62

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.98

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.94

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among LINGUISTS

Among linguists, Yuen Ren Chao ranks 85 out of 161. Before him are Joshua Fishman, Johannes Aavik, Holger Pedersen, Johannes Schmidt, Adolf Erman, and Đuro Daničić. After him are Paul Ariste, Alexander Potebnja, Agop Dilâçar, Konrad Duden, Bernhard Karlgren, and Teun A. van Dijk.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1892, Yuen Ren Chao ranks 149. Before him are Lucien Buysse, Hal Roach, William Powell, Georg, Prince of Saxe-Meiningen, Alice Brady, and Hironori Ōtsuka. After him are Ivan Tyulenev, Mercedes de Acosta, Corrie ten Boom, Manuel Roxas, Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy, and Lydia Lopokova. Among people deceased in 1982, Yuen Ren Chao ranks 118. Before him are Gábor Szabó, Igor Gouzenko, Hermann Rauschning, Carlos Vidal, Hironori Ōtsuka, and Albert Soboul. After him are Hubert Lanz, Khalid al-Islambouli, Art Pepper, Harald Ertl, Leonid Utyosov, and Warren Oates.

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In China

Among people born in China, Yuen Ren Chao ranks 684 out of 1,392. Before him are Cai E (1882), Longchenpa (1308), David Chiang (1947), Li Lisan (1899), Yang Jiang (1911), and Lien Chan (1936). After him are Gu Yanwu (1613), Li Bingbing (1973), Qian Zhongshu (1910), Bai Ling (1966), Ulanhu (1906), and Wang Zhen (1909).

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Among LINGUISTS In China

Among linguists born in China, Yuen Ren Chao ranks 2. Before him are Mahmud al-Kashgari (1029).

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