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Bedřich Hrozný

1879 - 1952

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Bedřich Hrozný (Czech pronunciation: [ˈbɛdr̝ɪx ˈɦrozniː] ; 6 May 1879 – 12 December 1952), also known as Friedrich Hrozny, was a Czech orientalist and linguist. He contributed to the decipherment of the ancient Hittite language, identified it as an Indo-European language, and laid the groundwork for the development of Hittitology. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Bedřich Hrozný is the 33rd most popular linguist (up from 42nd in 2019), the 146th most popular biography from Czechia (up from 174th in 2019) and the most popular Czech Linguist.

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Among LINGUISTS

Among linguists, Bedřich Hrozný ranks 33 out of 214. Before him are Sibawayh, Michael Halliday, Otto Jespersen, Pompeu Fabra, Nikolai Trubetzkoy, and Ignác Goldziher. After him are Louis Hjelmslev, Georg Friedrich Grotefend, Nicholas Marr, Benjamin Lee Whorf, Friedrich August Wolf, and Michel Bréal.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1879, Bedřich Hrozný ranks 42. Before him are Joseph Wirth, Hans Hahn, Victor Sjöström, Wanda Landowska, Max Schreck, and Fritz Haarmann. After him are Friedrich Adler, Sarojini Naidu, Max Aitken, 1st Baron Beaverbrook, Boris Savinkov, Adolf Strauss, and Franz Reichelt. Among people deceased in 1952, Bedřich Hrozný ranks 32. Before him are Charles Scott Sherrington, Hattie McDaniel, Archduke Maximilian Eugen of Austria, Sveinn Björnsson, Rudolf Slánský, and Charles Lightoller. After him are Heinrich von Vietinghoff, Pedro Lascuráin, Jack Parsons, Efim Bogoljubov, Joseph Avenol, and Bernard Lyot.

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In Czechia

Among people born in Czechia, Bedřich Hrozný ranks 146 out of 1,200. Before him are Joseph Maria Olbrich (1867), Alfred Kubin (1877), Franz Benda (1709), Michael Czerny (1946), Barbara Bouchet (1943), and Antonín Zápotocký (1884). After him are Johann Baptist Wanhal (1739), Jan Kubiš (1913), František Plánička (1904), Prince Ernst of Hohenberg (1904), Cosmas of Prague (1045), and Wenceslaus I, Duke of Luxembourg (1337).

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Among LINGUISTS In Czechia

Among linguists born in Czechia, Bedřich Hrozný ranks 1. After him are Vilém Mathesius (1882), Jan Mukařovský (1891), Milena Hübschmannová (1933), and Julius Pokorny (1887).

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