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George Abraham Grierson

1851 - 1941

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Sir George Abraham Grierson (7 January 1851 – 9 March 1941) was an Irish administrator and linguist in British India. He worked in the Indian Civil Service but an interest in philology and linguistics led him to pursue studies in the languages and folklore of India during his postings in Bengal and Bihar. He published numerous studies in the journals of learned societies and wrote several books during his administrative career but proposed a formal linguistic survey at the Oriental Congress in 1886 at Vienna. The Congress recommended the idea to the British Government and he was appointed superintendent of the newly created Linguistic Survey of India in 1898. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. George Abraham Grierson is the 116th most popular linguist (down from 94th in 2019), the 165th most popular biography from Ireland (down from 117th in 2019) and the most popular Irish Linguist.

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Among LINGUISTS

Among linguists, George Abraham Grierson ranks 116 out of 214. Before him are Albert Sechehaye, Stephen Krashen, Nakahama Manjirō, John Chadwick, Milena Hübschmannová, and John Florio. After him are Eugen Wüster, George Kingsley Zipf, Arnold Chikobava, Louis Duchesne, Yevgeny Polivanov, and August Friedrich Pott.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1851, George Abraham Grierson ranks 63. Before him are Laza Lazarević, Angelo Moriondo, Gennaro Granito Pignatelli di Belmonte, Václav Brožík, Noël Édouard, vicomte de Curières de Castelnau, and Julien Dupré. After him are Leonhard Stejneger, Jane Dieulafoy, Andrei Zhelyabov, Nikolaos Kalogeropoulos, Ruperto Chapí, and Guillermo Billinghurst. Among people deceased in 1941, George Abraham Grierson ranks 128. Before him are Philippe Gaubert, Filipp Makharadze, Milka Ternina, Rudolf Ramek, Ernst, Prince of Saxe-Meiningen, and Fritz Manteuffel. After him are Pavel Filonov, Georgette Leblanc, Alfred Pringsheim, Miina Härma, Huseyn Javid, and Charles Murray.

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In Ireland

Among people born in Ireland, George Abraham Grierson ranks 165 out of 549. Before him are Robbie Keane (1980), Aphex Twin (1971), Jonathan Rhys Meyers (1977), Sean Kelly (1956), Kathleen Antonelli (1921), and Robert Mallet (1810). After him are Kathleen Lonsdale (1903), Catald (700), Aidan of Lindisfarne (600), Patrick Hillery (1923), Seán T. O'Kelly (1882), and Edward Bruce (1275).

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Among LINGUISTS In Ireland

Among linguists born in Ireland, George Abraham Grierson ranks 1. 

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