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Eugen Wüster

1898 - 1977

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Eugen Wüster (10 October 1898 – 29 March 1977) was an industrialist and terminologist, regarded as "the father of technological standardization". Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Eugen Wüster is the 117th most popular linguist (up from 123rd in 2019), the 715th most popular biography from Austria (up from 742nd in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Austrian Linguist.

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Among LINGUISTS

Among linguists, Eugen Wüster ranks 117 out of 214Before him are Stephen Krashen, Nakahama Manjirō, John Chadwick, Milena Hübschmannová, John Florio, and George Abraham Grierson. After him are George Kingsley Zipf, Arnold Chikobava, Louis Duchesne, Yevgeny Polivanov, August Friedrich Pott, and Ferdinand Johann Wiedemann.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1898, Eugen Wüster ranks 165Before him are Norman Vincent Peale, Mikhail Koshkin, Alfons Gorbach, William Astbury, Erich Bey, and Alfred Sauvy. After him are Louis Adamic, Hisamuddin of Selangor, Arnold Chikobava, Alfred Schmidt, Armand Hammer, and Rudolph Maté. Among people deceased in 1977, Eugen Wüster ranks 144Before him are Hans Erich Nossack, Eve Meyer, Otto Andersson, István Avar, Roberto Emílio da Cunha, and Eugen Schüfftan. After him are Sumitranandan Pant, Matthew Garber, Ilia Vekua, Diana Hyland, Azucena Villaflor, and Alexander Rodimtsev.

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In Austria

Among people born in Austria, Eugen Wüster ranks 715 out of 1,424Before him are Alfons Gorbach (1898), Lilia Skala (1896), Elise Richter (1865), Alois Mock (1934), Nadja Tiller (1929), and Eva May (1902). After him are Peter Rosegger (1843), Karl Sesta (1906), Ernst Toch (1887), Adi Hütter (1970), Dénes Berinkey (1871), and Ignaz Holzbauer (1711).

Among LINGUISTS In Austria

Among linguists born in Austria, Eugen Wüster ranks 3Before him are Max Nettlau (1865), and Leo Spitzer (1887).