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Aleksander Brückner

1856 - 1939

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Aleksander Brückner (Polish pronunciation: [alɛkˈsandɛr ˈbryknɛr]; 29 January 1856 – 24 May 1939) was a Polish scholar of Slavic languages and literature (Slavistics), philologist, lexicographer, and historian of literature. He is among the most notable Slavicists of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and the first to prepare complete monographs on the history of the Polish language and culture. He published more than 1,500 titles and discovered the oldest extant prose text in Polish (the Holy Cross Sermons). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Aleksander Brückner is the 132nd most popular linguist (down from 125th in 2019), the 615th most popular biography from Ukraine (up from 620th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Ukrainian Linguist.

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Among LINGUISTS

Among linguists, Aleksander Brückner ranks 132 out of 214. Before him are Hrachia Acharian, Hans Ørberg, Igor M. Diakonoff, Franz Felix Adalbert Kuhn, Ali-Akbar Dehkhoda, and James Legge. After him are Vasily Abaev, Hermann Osthoff, Alexander Potebnja, Julius Pokorny, Sylvain Lévi, and Vladimir Toporov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1856, Aleksander Brückner ranks 93. Before him are Luigi Bianchi, Ernst Brenner, Carl Peters, Matilde Serao, Apollinary Vasnetsov, and Władysław Ślewiński. After him are Andreas Franz Wilhelm Schimper, Edmund Beecher Wilson, Ernesto Schiaparelli, Helene von Druskowitz, Louis Brandeis, and Alberto Palacio. Among people deceased in 1939, Aleksander Brückner ranks 110. Before him are August Enna, Madeleine Pelletier, Enrique Fernández Arbós, Henri Jaspar, Wojciech Korfanty, and Otto Siffling. After him are Eulalio Gutiérrez, Edmund Beecher Wilson, Polina Osipenko, Olav Duun, Alberto Palacio, and Gwen John.

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In Ukraine

Among people born in Ukraine, Aleksander Brückner ranks 615 out of 1,365. Before him are Ignacy Feliks Dobrzyński (1807), Valentina Lisitsa (1973), Jan Brzechwa (1898), Kazimierz Górski (1921), Grigory Kriss (1940), and Vladimir Veksler (1907). After him are Igor Krutoy (1954), Nathan Altman (1889), David Bergelson (1884), Alexander Potebnja (1835), Heinrich Schenker (1868), and Volodymyr Bezsonov (1958).

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Among LINGUISTS In Ukraine

Among linguists born in Ukraine, Aleksander Brückner ranks 4. Before him are Edgar de Wahl (1867), Vasili Eroshenko (1890), and Ahatanhel Krymsky (1871). After him are Alexander Potebnja (1835), Zellig Harris (1909), and Vladislav Illich-Svitych (1934).

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