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Friedrich Christian Diez

1794 - 1876

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Friedrich Christian Diez (German pronunciation: [diːts]; 15 March 1794 – 29 May 1876) was a German philologist. The two works on which his fame rests are the Grammar of the Romance Languages (published 1836–1844), and the Etymological Dictionary of the Romance Languages (1853, and later editions). He spent most of his career at University of Bonn. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Friedrich Christian Diez is the 70th most popular linguist (down from 67th in 2019), the 2,509th most popular biography from Germany (down from 2,411th in 2019) and the 16th most popular German Linguist.

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Among LINGUISTS

Among linguists, Friedrich Christian Diez ranks 70 out of 214. Before him are Karl Brugmann, August Leskien, Johannes Aavik, Claude Piron, Vatroslav Jagić, and Tamaz V. Gamkrelidze. After him are Paul Ariste, Abu al-Aswad al-Du'ali, Émile Littré, Alexander Gode, Ramón Menéndez Pidal, and Carl Brockelmann.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1794, Friedrich Christian Diez ranks 24. Before him are Jacques Collin de Plancy, Mirza Shafi Vazeh, Heinrich Wilhelm Schott, Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld, Aimable Pélissier, and Pyotr Chaadayev. After him are Carl Borivoj Presl, Achille Valenciennes, Heinrich Boie, Jean Pierre Flourens, Leopold IV, Duke of Anhalt, and Robert Liston. Among people deceased in 1876, Friedrich Christian Diez ranks 31. Before him are Duchess Caroline Mariane of Mecklenburg, Juan Pablo Duarte, Harriet Martineau, Joseph Jenkins Roberts, Eugène Fromentin, and Adolphe-Théodore Brongniart. After him are Charlotte Cushman, Karl Eichwald, Giacomo Antonelli, Louise Colet, Anna Russell, and Josef Kriehuber.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Friedrich Christian Diez ranks 2,510 out of 7,253. Before him are Johann Ludwig Krebs (1713), Berthold Auerbach (1812), Bert Kaempfert (1923), Christian Fürchtegott Gellert (1715), Adolf von Hildebrand (1847), and Friedrich Arnold Brockhaus (1772). After him are Martin Sandberger (1911), Marianne Sägebrecht (1945), Wieland Wagner (1917), Adalbert of Hamburg (1000), Marco Reus (1989), and Heinrich Bär (1913).

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Among LINGUISTS In Germany

Among linguists born in Germany, Friedrich Christian Diez ranks 16. Before him are Vasily Radlov (1837), Hermann Paul (1846), Hugo Schuchardt (1842), Karl Lachmann (1793), Karl Brugmann (1849), and August Leskien (1840). After him are Alexander Gode (1906), Carl Brockelmann (1868), Johannes Schmidt (1843), Konrad Duden (1829), Adolf Erman (1854), and Georg Curtius (1820).

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