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Bo Ralph

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Bo Rune Ingemar Ralph (born 4 October 1945) is a Swedish linguist, member of the Swedish Academy, and professor of Nordic Languages at the Department of Swedish Language at University of Gothenburg. He was elected to the Swedish Academy on 15 April 1999 and admitted on 20 December 1999. Bo Ralph succeeded the philosopher and sociologist Torgny T:son Segerstedt to Seat No.2. He is a member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Bo Ralph is the 196th most popular linguist (up from 200th in 2019), the 1,058th most popular biography from Sweden (up from 1,158th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Swedish Linguist.

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Among LINGUISTS

Among linguists, Bo Ralph ranks 196 out of 214. Before him are Vladislav Illich-Svitych, Daniel Everett, John Eliot, John Rupert Firth, Geoffrey Hull, and Sture Allén. After him are Viktor Vinogradov, Monier Monier-Williams, Rogier Blokland, Charles F. Hockett, Ivan Yakovlev, and Rudolf Thurneysen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1945, Bo Ralph ranks 575. Before him are Ralph Doubell, Ann Christy, Mike Garson, Jacqueline Wilson, Benoît Lamy, and Raúl Rivero. After him are Brewster H. Shaw, Svetlana Tširkova-Lozovaja, June Gable, Elton Dean, Javier Guzmán, and Franz Keller.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Bo Ralph ranks 1,058 out of 1,879. Before him are Mercedes Mason (1982), Folke Rogard (1899), Osvald Moberg (1888), Bertil Roos (1943), Sture Allén (1928), and Knut Torell (1885). After him are Stefan Pettersson (1963), Gun Röring (1930), Anita Skorgan (1958), Sebastian Larsson (1985), Kenneth Eriksson (1956), and Meja (1969).

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Among LINGUISTS In Sweden

Among linguists born in Sweden, Bo Ralph ranks 4. Before him are Bernhard Karlgren (1889), Göran Malmqvist (1924), and Sture Allén (1928).

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