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Ahatanhel Krymsky

1871 - 1942

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Ahatanhel Yukhymovych Krymsky (Ukrainian: Агатангел Юхимович Кримський, Russian: Агафангел Ефимович Крымский, romanized: Agafangel Yefimovich Krymsky; Crimean Tatar: Agatangel Krımskiy; 15 January [O.S. 3 January] 1871 – 25 January 1942) was a Ukrainian Orientalist, linguist, polyglot (knowing up to 35 languages), literary scholar, folklorist, writer, and translator. He was one of the founders of the All-Ukrainian Academy of Sciences (VUAN) in 1918 and a full member of it and the Shevchenko Scientific Society from 1903. Although Krymsky was not ethnically Ukrainian, he described himself as a "Ukrainophile". In 1941, he was arrested by the Soviet authorities as "Ukrainian nationalist," an "ideologist of Ukrainian nationalists", and a "head of nationalistic underground". Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ahatanhel Krymsky is the 91st most popular linguist (down from 72nd in 2019), the 416th most popular biography from Ukraine (down from 356th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Ukrainian Linguist.

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Among LINGUISTS

Among linguists, Ahatanhel Krymsky ranks 91 out of 214. Before him are Wilhelm Meyer-Lübke, Gustaf John Ramstedt, Johannes Schmidt, Jan Mukařovský, Morris Halle, and Konrad Duden. After him are Lucien Tesnière, Adolf Erman, Matteo Bartoli, Bernhard Karlgren, Joan Coromines, and Leo Spitzer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1871, Ahatanhel Krymsky ranks 85. Before him are Efstathios Chorafas, Gjergj Fishta, Hubert Cecil Booth, Emmanuel Foulon, Martin Knudsen, and Ivan Poddubny. After him are Arthur Griffith, Kiyoshi Shiga, Gyula Kellner, Saint-George Ashe, Gyula Károlyi, and George Washington. Among people deceased in 1942, Ahatanhel Krymsky ranks 110. Before him are Rudolf Spielmann, Gabriel Terra, Renia Spiegel, Heber Doust Curtis, Jure Francetić, and Kaarel Eenpalu. After him are Otto Herschmann, Heinrich Vogeler, Demetrios Petrokokkinos, Olga Benário Prestes, Aurel Stodola, and Guglielmo Ferrero.

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In Ukraine

Among people born in Ukraine, Ahatanhel Krymsky ranks 416 out of 1,365. Before him are Alemdar Mustafa Pasha (1755), Isaak Dunayevsky (1900), Nikolai Linevich (1839), Anthony of Kiev (983), Ivan Poddubny (1871), and Leonid Kanevsky (1939). After him are Vladimir Borovikovsky (1757), Polina Astakhova (1936), Myroslav Ivan Lubachivsky (1914), Lev Mekhlis (1889), Anatoliy Byshovets (1946), and Hugo Kołłątaj (1750).

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Among LINGUISTS In Ukraine

Among linguists born in Ukraine, Ahatanhel Krymsky ranks 3. Before him are Edgar de Wahl (1867), and Vasili Eroshenko (1890). After him are Aleksander Brückner (1856), Alexander Potebnja (1835), Zellig Harris (1909), and Vladislav Illich-Svitych (1934).

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