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Eduard Sievers

1850 - 1932

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Eduard Sievers (German: [ˈeːduaʁt ˈziːvɐs]; 25 November 1850 – 30 March 1932) was a German philologist of the classical and Germanic languages. Sievers was one of the Junggrammatiker of the so-called "Leipzig School". He was one of the most influential historical linguists of the late nineteenth century. He is known for his recovery of the poetic traditions of Germanic languages such as Anglo-Saxon and Old Saxon, as well as for his discovery of Sievers' law. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Eduard Sievers is the 146th most popular linguist (up from 168th in 2019), the 4,516th most popular biography from Germany (up from 4,940th in 2019) and the 28th most popular German Linguist.

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Among LINGUISTS

Among linguists, Eduard Sievers ranks 146 out of 214. Before him are Friedrich von Adelung, Giuliano Bonfante, Yuen Ren Chao, Johan Nicolai Madvig, Walther von Wartburg, and János Sajnovics. After him are Gaston Waringhien, Germà Colón, Mary Boyce, Alexander Veselovsky, Nurit Peled-Elhanan, and Friedrich Kluge.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1850, Eduard Sievers ranks 93. Before him are Luigi Giuseppe Lasagna, Fyodor Vasilyev, Federico Errázuriz Echaurren, Robert Ridgway, Emma Abbott, and Franziskus von Bettinger. After him are Hans von Berlepsch, Tomás Bretón, Edward Albert Sharpey-Schafer, Paul von Plehwe, Hermann Möller, and Zdenko Hans Skraup. Among people deceased in 1932, Eduard Sievers ranks 110. Before him are Emil Paur, Theo Heemskerk, Stanisław Narutowicz, Hermann Gunkel, Constantin Coandă, and Ioannis Chrysafis. After him are Charles Winckler, Väinö Siikaniemi, Pritilata Waddedar, Charles Wallace Richmond, Edgard Colle, and Frantz Reichel.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Eduard Sievers ranks 4,519 out of 7,253. Before him are Rudolf Gramlich (1908), Ellen Preis (1912), Juliane Köhler (1965), Jakob Streitle (1916), Friedrich Kittler (1943), and Theodor Hoffmann (1935). After him are Nicolaus Michael Oppel (1782), Frank Beyer (1932), Eberhard Jäckel (1929), Charlotte Auerbach (1899), Ludwig Mond (1839), and Gustav Lindau (1866).

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Among LINGUISTS In Germany

Among linguists born in Germany, Eduard Sievers ranks 28. Before him are Georg Curtius (1820), Heinrich Hübschmann (1848), August Immanuel Bekker (1785), Felix Jacoby (1876), Hermann Osthoff (1847), and Gerhard Rohlfs (1892). After him are Friedrich Kluge (1856), Hermann Hirt (1865), Christiane Nord (1943), Helmut Rix (1926), and Georg Bühler (1837).

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