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Charles F. Hockett

1916 - 2000

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Charles Francis Hockett (January 17, 1916 – November 3, 2000) was an American linguist who developed many influential ideas in American structuralist linguistics. He represents the post-Bloomfieldian phase of structuralism often referred to as "distributionalism" or "taxonomic structuralism". His academic career spanned over half a century at Cornell and Rice universities. Hockett was also a firm believer of linguistics as a branch of anthropology, making contributions that were significant to the field of anthropology as well. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Charles F. Hockett is the 200th most popular linguist (down from 159th in 2019), the 10,342nd most popular biography from United States (down from 7,516th in 2019) and the 21st most popular American Linguist.

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Among LINGUISTS

Among linguists, Charles F. Hockett ranks 200 out of 214. Before him are Geoffrey Hull, Sture Allén, Bo Ralph, Viktor Vinogradov, Monier Monier-Williams, and Rogier Blokland. After him are Ivan Yakovlev, Rudolf Thurneysen, Sophus Bugge, Georg Bühler, Dmitry Ushakov, and Lyle Campbell.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1916, Charles F. Hockett ranks 279. Before him are Kåre Holt, Vivian McGrath, Vicente Ferreira da Silva, Robert Marshak, Walker Percy, and Bohumil Modrý. After him are Spark Matsunaga, Ruy de Freitas, Paul Felix Schmidt, Gene Mako, Giuseppe Tosi, and Kanan Devi. Among people deceased in 2000, Charles F. Hockett ranks 310. Before him are Tatyana Petrenko-Samusenko, Jules Roy, Charles Hartshorne, G. Ledyard Stebbins, Kirsty MacColl, and Clifford Truesdell. After him are Joan Hartigan, Noor Jehan, Humberto Donoso, Anthony Powell, Lewis Wilson, and Diógenes Domínguez.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Charles F. Hockett ranks 10,344 out of 20,380. Before him are Samuel King Allison (1900), Joe Verdeur (1926), C. R. Hagen (1937), Cornel West (1953), Thomas Bopp (1949), and Esther Phillips (1935). After him are John Heysham Gibbon (1903), Red Mitchell (1927), Amy Tan (1952), Tommy Kono (1930), Carmine Caridi (1934), and Norman Alden (1924).

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Among LINGUISTS In United States

Among linguists born in United States, Charles F. Hockett ranks 21. Before him are William Dwight Whitney (1827), Robert Blust (1940), Dell Hymes (1927), George Perkins Marsh (1801), Kenneth Lee Pike (1912), and Daniel Everett (1951). After him are Lyle Campbell (1942), Mary Haas (1910), and Einar Haugen (1906).

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