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Franz Felix Adalbert Kuhn

1812 - 1881

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Franz Felix Adalbert Kuhn (19 November 1812 – 5 May 1881) was a German philologist and folklorist. Kuhn was born in Königsberg in Brandenburg's Neumark region. From 1841, he was connected with the Köllnisches Gymnasium at Berlin, of which he was appointed director in 1870. Kuhn was the founder of a new school of comparative mythology, based upon comparative philology. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Franz Felix Adalbert Kuhn is the 129th most popular linguist (down from 126th in 2019), the 859th most popular biography from Poland (down from 843rd in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Polish Linguist.

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Among LINGUISTS

Among linguists, Franz Felix Adalbert Kuhn ranks 129 out of 214. Before him are Ferdinand Johann Wiedemann, Arie de Jong, Felix Jacoby, Hrachia Acharian, Hans Ørberg, and Igor M. Diakonoff. After him are Ali-Akbar Dehkhoda, James Legge, Aleksander Brückner, Vasily Abaev, Hermann Osthoff, and Alexander Potebnja.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1812, Franz Felix Adalbert Kuhn ranks 59. Before him are Ercole Dembowski, Rudolf von Alt, Pierre de Decker, Izmail Sreznevsky, Auguste Duméril, and Charles Canning, 1st Earl Canning. After him are Duke Peter of Oldenburg, Samo Chalupka, Melchora Aquino, Buenaventura Báez, Juraj Dobrila, and Johanne Luise Heiberg. Among people deceased in 1881, Franz Felix Adalbert Kuhn ranks 67. Before him are Jane Digby, Robert Mallet, Ercole Dembowski, Mary Seacole, Andrei Zhelyabov, and Ambrose Burnside. After him are Florian Ceynowa, Theodor Benfey, Jean-Baptiste Nothomb, Salvador Jovellanos, Gustav von Alvensleben, and Jānis Cimze.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Franz Felix Adalbert Kuhn ranks 859 out of 1,694. Before him are Gustav Radde (1831), Max Berg (1870), Julius Hübner (1806), Michał Gedeon Radziwiłł (1778), Jurek Becker (1937), and Zacharias Ursinus (1534). After him are Michael Sela (1924), Agnieszka Osiecka (1936), Władysław Ślewiński (1856), Zofia Zamenhof (1889), Heinrich von Kittlitz (1799), and Heinrich von Stephan (1831).

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Among LINGUISTS In Poland

Among linguists born in Poland, Franz Felix Adalbert Kuhn ranks 3. Before him are Edward Sapir (1884), and Jan Baudouin de Courtenay (1845). After him are Friedrich von Adelung (1768), and Michael Witzel (1943).

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