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Émile Littré

1801 - 1881

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Émile Maximilien Paul Littré (French: [litʁe]; 1 February 1801 – 2 June 1881) was a French lexicographer, freemason and philosopher, best known for his Dictionnaire de la langue française, commonly called le Littré. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Émile Littré has received more than 85,684 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Émile Littré is the 69th most popular linguist (down from 65th in 2019), the 2,589th most popular biography from France (down from 2,448th in 2019) and the 5th most popular French Linguist.

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Among LINGUISTS

Among linguists, Émile Littré ranks 69 out of 161Before him are Vilém Mathesius, Robert Morrison, Noah Webster, Karl Brugmann, Ghil'ad Zuckermann, and Matthias Castrén. After him are Gustaf John Ramstedt, Vasili Eroshenko, Max Nettlau, John Chadwick, Ramón Menéndez Pidal, and Jan Mukařovský.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1801, Émile Littré ranks 42Before him are Jean-Baptiste Boussingault, Adolphe-Théodore Brongniart, Salvadore Cammarano, Rifa'a al-Tahtawi, Johann Nestroy, and Armand Trousseau. After him are Infanta Isabel Maria of Braganza, Vincenzo Gioberti, Constantine, Prince of Hohenzollern-Hechingen, Charles Elliot, Jan Kalivoda, and Peter Wilhelm Lund. Among people deceased in 1881, Émile Littré ranks 42Before him are George W. De Long, Jacques Collin de Plancy, Joseph Škoda, Henri Étienne Sainte-Claire Deville, Daniele Comboni, and John Gould. After him are Nikolay Muravyov-Amursky, Aga Khan I, Countess Franziska Kinsky of Wchinitz and Tettau, Nikolai Kibalchich, Jules Armand Dufaure, and Karl Weyprecht.

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In France

Among people born in France, Émile Littré ranks 2,589 out of 6,011Before him are Marcel L'Herbier (1888), Princess Anne Charlotte of Lorraine (1714), Gérard Oury (1919), Maurice René Fréchet (1878), Odo II, Count of Blois (983), and Marie Dubois (1937). After him are Édouard René de Laboulaye (1811), Paul Tortelier (1914), Richard Bohringer (1942), Bayezid Osman (1924), Laurent Fignon (1960), and Gershom ben Judah (960).

Among LINGUISTS In France

Among linguists born in France, Émile Littré ranks 5Before him are Georges Dumézil (1898), Antoine Meillet (1866), Alexandre de Rhodes (1591), and André Martinet (1908). After him are Louis de Beaufront (1855), Lucien Tesnière (1893), Louis Duchesne (1843), Anne Dacier (1645), Gaston Waringhien (1901), Sylvain Lévi (1863), and Arsène Darmesteter (1846).