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Dmitry Ushakov

1873 - 1942

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Dmitry Nikolayevich Ushakov (Russian: Дмитрий Николаевич Ушаков; 24 January 1873 – 17 April 1942) was a Russian philologist and lexicographer. He was the creator and chief editor (1935–1940) of the 4-volume Explanatory Dictionary of the Russian Language with over 90,000 entries. He was also the creator of an orthographic dictionary of the Russian language (1934). He influenced his student, Grigoriy Vinokur, who dedicated his book The Russian Language: A Brief History to him. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Dmitry Ushakov is the 205th most popular linguist (down from 199th in 2019), the 2,425th most popular biography from Russia (up from 2,458th in 2019) and the 17th most popular Russian Linguist.

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Among LINGUISTS

Among linguists, Dmitry Ushakov ranks 205 out of 214. Before him are Rogier Blokland, Charles F. Hockett, Ivan Yakovlev, Rudolf Thurneysen, Sophus Bugge, and Georg Bühler. After him are Lyle Campbell, Mary Haas, Johan Ludvig Heiberg, Einar Haugen, Ian Hancock, and Michael Witzel.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1873, Dmitry Ushakov ranks 199. Before him are John Simon, 1st Viscount Simon, Enoch Sontonga, Hugh Trenchard, 1st Viscount Trenchard, Frederick Merriman, Charles Clary, and Herbert Roper Barrett. After him are Dorothy Richardson, Robert Wrenn, Ellen Glasgow, Sara Josephine Baker, Alfred Bowerman, and John W. Davis. Among people deceased in 1942, Dmitry Ushakov ranks 237. Before him are August von Gödrich, John Goodall, William Carr, Carl Gustav Fleischer, Birger Cederin, and James Cruze. After him are Edna May Oliver, William Gott, Jamnalal Bajaj, Buck Jones, Miguel White, and Teófilo Yldefonso.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Dmitry Ushakov ranks 2,425 out of 3,761. Before him are Vera Zvonareva (1984), Valentina Sidorova (1954), Dimitri Konyshev (1966), Dmitry Bilozerchev (1966), Natalia Shaposhnikova (1961), and Sergey Lazarev (1983). After him are Andrei Khomutov (1961), Alexander Alexandrovich Volkov (1951), Anatoly Chukanov (1954), Gennadiy Shatkov (1932), Yakov Eliashberg (1946), and Veniamin Alexandrov (1937).

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Among LINGUISTS In Russia

Among linguists born in Russia, Dmitry Ushakov ranks 17. Before him are Vyacheslav Ivanov (1929), Sergei Starostin (1953), Ivan Kuratov (1839), Lev Shcherba (1880), Viktor Vinogradov (1894), and Ivan Yakovlev (1848).

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