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Georg Friedrich Grotefend

1775 - 1853

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Georg Friedrich Grotefend (9 June 1775 – 15 December 1853) was a German epigraphist and philologist. He is known mostly for his contributions toward the decipherment of cuneiform. Georg Friedrich Grotefend had a son, named Carl Ludwig Grotefend, who played a key role in the decipherment of the Indian Kharoshthi script on the coinage of the Indo-Greek kings, around the same time as James Prinsep, publishing Die unbekannte Schrift der Baktrischen Münzen ("The unknown script of the Bactrian coins") in 1836. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Georg Friedrich Grotefend is the 35th most popular linguist (down from 33rd in 2019), the 1,133rd most popular biography from Germany (down from 1,061st in 2019) and the 7th most popular German Linguist.

Georg Friedrich Grotefend is most famous for his work in deciphering the ancient Persian language.

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Among LINGUISTS

Among linguists, Georg Friedrich Grotefend ranks 35 out of 214. Before him are Otto Jespersen, Pompeu Fabra, Nikolai Trubetzkoy, Ignác Goldziher, Bedřich Hrozný, and Louis Hjelmslev. After him are Nicholas Marr, Benjamin Lee Whorf, Friedrich August Wolf, Michel Bréal, Vasily Radlov, and Alexandre de Rhodes.

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Among people born in 1775, Georg Friedrich Grotefend ranks 14. Before him are Lucien Bonaparte, Eugène François Vidocq, Carlota Joaquina of Spain, Matthew Lewis, François-Adrien Boieldieu, and Étienne-Louis Malus. After him are Johann Karl Wilhelm Illiger, Paul Johann Anselm Ritter von Feuerbach, Adam Albert von Neipperg, Louisa Adams, Antoine Charles Louis de Lasalle, and Farkas Bolyai. Among people deceased in 1853, Georg Friedrich Grotefend ranks 8. Before him are Christian Doppler, François Arago, Maria II of Portugal, Ludwig Tieck, Gotthelf Fischer von Waldheim, and Princess Maria Amélia of Brazil. After him are Archduke Rainer Joseph of Austria, Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg, Leopold Gmelin, Józef Maria Hoene-Wroński, Matteo Carcassi, and Bezmiâlem Sultan.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Georg Friedrich Grotefend ranks 1,133 out of 7,253. Before him are Heinrich von Vietinghoff (1887), Emil Maurice (1897), Carl, 3rd Prince of Leiningen (1804), Johann Jakob Froberger (1616), Gershom Scholem (1897), and Princess Alexandrine of Prussia (1803). After him are Christian Thomasius (1655), Charles, Grand Duke of Baden (1786), Karl Richard Lepsius (1810), Paul Langerhans (1847), Rainer Weiss (1932), and Louis II, Duke of Bavaria (1229).

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Among LINGUISTS In Germany

Among linguists born in Germany, Georg Friedrich Grotefend ranks 7. Before him are Max Müller (1823), Franz Bopp (1791), Jost Gippert (1956), August Schleicher (1821), Johann Martin Schleyer (1831), and Johann Christoph Adelung (1732). After him are Friedrich August Wolf (1759), Michel Bréal (1832), Vasily Radlov (1837), Hermann Paul (1846), Hugo Schuchardt (1842), and Karl Lachmann (1793).

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