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Eliezer Ben-Yehuda

1858 - 1922

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Eliezer Ben‑Yehuda (born Eliezer Yitzhak Perlman; 7 January 1858 – 16 December 1922) was a Russian–Jewish linguist, lexicographer, and journalist who immigrated to Jerusalem in 1881, when the Ottoman Empire ruled it. He is renowned as the lexicographer of the first Hebrew dictionary and also as the editor of Jerusalem-based HaZvi, one of the first Hebrew newspapers published in the Land of Israel. Ben-Yehuda was the primary driving force behind the revival of the Hebrew language. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Eliezer Ben-Yehuda is the 15th most popular linguist (down from 11th in 2019), the 12th most popular biography from Lithuania (down from 9th in 2019) and the most popular Lithuanian Linguist.

Eliezer Ben-Yehuda is most famous for his work in the revival of the Hebrew language.

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Among LINGUISTS

Among linguists, Eliezer Ben-Yehuda ranks 15 out of 214. Before him are Mahmud al-Kashgari, Roman Jakobson, Mesrop Mashtots, Rasmus Rask, Leonard Bloomfield, and Franz Bopp. After him are Jost Gippert, August Schleicher, Georges Dumézil, Kūkai, Franz Miklosich, and Edward Sapir.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1858, Eliezer Ben-Yehuda ranks 15. Before him are Georg Simmel, Christiaan Eijkman, Jagadish Chandra Bose, Omar Mukhtar, Giuseppe Peano, and Emmeline Pankhurst. After him are Charles de Foucauld, Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein, Emma of Waldeck and Pyrmont, Franz Boas, Maria Christina of Austria, and Princess Louise of Belgium. Among people deceased in 1922, Eliezer Ben-Yehuda ranks 9. Before him are Marcel Proust, Charles I of Austria, Fredrik Bajer, Charles Louis Alphonse Laveran, Enver Pasha, and Erich von Falkenhayn. After him are Ernest Shackleton, Djemal Pasha, Hermann Rorschach, Walther Rathenau, Albert I, Prince of Monaco, and Princess Helena of Waldeck and Pyrmont.

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In Lithuania

Among people born in Lithuania, Eliezer Ben-Yehuda ranks 12 out of 328. Before him are Gediminas (1275), Mindaugas (1203), Hermann Minkowski (1864), Emma Goldman (1869), Algirdas (1296), and Romain Gary (1914). After him are Wilfrid Voynich (1865), Kęstutis (1297), Emilia Plater (1806), Dalia Grybauskaitė (1956), Antanas Smetona (1874), and César Cui (1835).

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Among LINGUISTS In Lithuania

Among linguists born in Lithuania, Eliezer Ben-Yehuda ranks 1. After him are Kazimieras Būga (1879).

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