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Antoine Meillet

1866 - 1936

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Paul Jules Antoine Meillet (French: [ɑ̃twan mɛjɛ]; 11 November 1866 – 21 September 1936) was one of the most important French linguists of the early 20th century. He began his studies at the Sorbonne University, where he was influenced by Michel Bréal, the Swiss linguist Ferdinand de Saussure, and the members of the L'Année sociologique. In 1890 he was part of a research trip to the Caucasus, where he studied the Armenian language. After his return, de Saussure had gone back to Geneva, so Meillet continued the series of lectures on comparative linguistics that de Saussure had given. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Antoine Meillet is the 22nd most popular linguist (down from 5th in 2019), the 867th most popular biography from France (down from 230th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular French Linguist.

Antoine Meillet is most famous for his discovery of the Indo-European language family.

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Among LINGUISTS

Among linguists, Antoine Meillet ranks 22 out of 214. Before him are Jost Gippert, August Schleicher, Georges Dumézil, Kūkai, Franz Miklosich, and Edward Sapir. After him are Johann Martin Schleyer, Algirdas Julien Greimas, William Jones, Johann Christoph Adelung, Sibawayh, and Michael Halliday.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1866, Antoine Meillet ranks 20. Before him are Hans von Seeckt, Aleksandr Ulyanov, Aby Warburg, Princess Viktoria of Prussia, Lev Shestov, and Nathan Söderblom. After him are Ferruccio Busoni, Anne Sullivan, Ramsay MacDonald, Lizzie Magie, Léon Bakst, and Butch Cassidy. Among people deceased in 1936, Antoine Meillet ranks 32. Before him are Elsa Einstein, Karl Kraus, Premchand, Buenaventura Durruti, Andrija Mohorovičić, and Moritz Schlick. After him are Swami Sri Yukteswar Giri, Georg Michaelis, Anne Sullivan, Nikolai Ostrovsky, Edmund Allenby, 1st Viscount Allenby, and Georgy Chicherin.

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In France

Among people born in France, Antoine Meillet ranks 867 out of 6,770. Before him are Pierre Méchain (1744), Arnaut Daniel (1150), Theobald I of Navarre (1201), Liliane Bettencourt (1922), Joseph Pitton de Tournefort (1656), and Maurice René Fréchet (1878). After him are Marie François Sadi Carnot (1837), Dora Maar (1907), Louis I, Duke of Bourbon (1279), Pierre Janssen (1824), Jean Victor Marie Moreau (1763), and Joscelin I, Count of Edessa (1072).

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Among LINGUISTS In France

Among linguists born in France, Antoine Meillet ranks 2. Before him are Georges Dumézil (1898). After him are Alexandre de Rhodes (1591), André Martinet (1908), Louis de Beaufront (1855), Émile Littré (1801), Anne Dacier (1645), Lucien Tesnière (1893), Louis Duchesne (1843), Sylvain Lévi (1863), Gaston Waringhien (1901), and Arsène Darmesteter (1846).

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