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Alexander Potebnja

1835 - 1891

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Alexander Afanasyevich Potebnja (Russian: Алекса́ндр Афана́сьевич Потебня́; Ukrainian: Олекса́ндр Опана́сович Потебня́, romanized: Oleksandr Opanasovych Potebnia; September 22, 1835 – December 11, 1891) was a Russian Imperial linguist, philosopher and pan-Slavist of Ukrainian Cossack descent, who was a professor of linguistics at the Imperial Kharkov University. He is well known as a specialist in the evolution of Russian phonetics. He constructed a theory of language and consciousness that later influenced the thinking of his countryman the Psychologist Lev Vygotsky. His main work was Language and Thought (Russian: Мысль и язык) (1862). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Alexander Potebnja is the 135th most popular linguist (down from 99th in 2019), the 619th most popular biography from Ukraine (down from 478th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Ukrainian Linguist.

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Among LINGUISTS

Among linguists, Alexander Potebnja ranks 135 out of 214. Before him are Franz Felix Adalbert Kuhn, Ali-Akbar Dehkhoda, James Legge, Aleksander Brückner, Vasily Abaev, and Hermann Osthoff. After him are Julius Pokorny, Sylvain Lévi, Vladimir Toporov, Gerhard Rohlfs, Friedrich von Adelung, and Giuliano Bonfante.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1835, Alexander Potebnja ranks 62. Before him are Krišjānis Barons, Felix Draeseke, Duchess Agnes of Württemberg, Rain-in-the-Face, Manuel Quintana, and Louis-Antoine Ranvier. After him are Eduardo Pondal, Justo Rufino Barrios, Hashimoto Gahō, Désirée Artôt, Ramón Barros Luco, and Benjamin Briggs. Among people deceased in 1891, Alexander Potebnja ranks 90. Before him are Lajos Haynald, Barbara Bodichon, Pierre de Decker, Ahmed Vefik Pasha, János Simor, and Henri de Brouckère. After him are Amalie Dietrich, Franco Faccio, Nikolay Ilminsky, Emma Abbott, Constantine Paparrigopoulos, and Antonio Arenas.

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In Ukraine

Among people born in Ukraine, Alexander Potebnja ranks 619 out of 1,365. Before him are Grigory Kriss (1940), Vladimir Veksler (1907), Aleksander Brückner (1856), Igor Krutoy (1954), Nathan Altman (1889), and David Bergelson (1884). After him are Heinrich Schenker (1868), Volodymyr Bezsonov (1958), Jerzy Różycki (1909), Ida Fink (1921), Ross Martin (1920), and Alexander Gerschenkron (1904).

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Among LINGUISTS In Ukraine

Among linguists born in Ukraine, Alexander Potebnja ranks 5. Before him are Edgar de Wahl (1867), Vasili Eroshenko (1890), Ahatanhel Krymsky (1871), and Aleksander Brückner (1856). After him are Zellig Harris (1909), and Vladislav Illich-Svitych (1934).

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