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George Kingsley Zipf

1902 - 1950

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George Kingsley Zipf ( ZIFF; January 7, 1902 – September 25, 1950) was an American linguist and philologist who studied statistical occurrences in different languages. Zipf earned his bachelors, masters, and doctoral degrees from Harvard University, although he also studied at the University of Bonn and the University of Berlin. He was chairman of the German department and university lecturer (meaning he could teach any subject he chose) at Harvard University. He worked with Chinese and demographics, and much of his effort can explain properties of the Internet, distribution of income within nations, and many other collections of data. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. George Kingsley Zipf is the 118th most popular linguist (up from 122nd in 2019), the 5,524th most popular biography from United States (down from 4,967th in 2019) and the 12th most popular American Linguist.

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Among LINGUISTS

Among linguists, George Kingsley Zipf ranks 118 out of 214. Before him are Nakahama Manjirō, John Chadwick, Milena Hübschmannová, John Florio, George Abraham Grierson, and Eugen Wüster. After him are Arnold Chikobava, Louis Duchesne, Yevgeny Polivanov, August Friedrich Pott, Ferdinand Johann Wiedemann, and Arie de Jong.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1902, George Kingsley Zipf ranks 188. Before him are Daniel Kinsey, Eva May, Toivo Loukola, Kim Sowol, Jack Sharkey, and Dirk Brouwer. After him are Jan Kiepura, Gustav Heinrich Ralph von Koenigswald, Panagiotis Kanellopoulos, Ida Siekmann, Veniamin Kaverin, and Ansel Adams. Among people deceased in 1950, George Kingsley Zipf ranks 125. Before him are Orhan Veli Kanık, Pavel Bazhov, Black Elk, Dezső Földes, Ernst II, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, and Pedro Parages. After him are Yan Huiqing, Konrad von Preysing, Frederic Lewy, Guilhermina Suggia, Álvaro de Figueroa, 1st Count of Romanones, and Alykul Osmonov.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, George Kingsley Zipf ranks 5,524 out of 20,380. Before him are Pat McCormick (1930), Saul Zaentz (1921), Tommy Dorsey (1905), Mike Castle (1939), Mark White (1940), and Forrest Smithson (1884). After him are Allen Iverson (1975), Sammy Gravano (1945), Roy Buchanan (1939), Carol Potter (1948), Robert Cornelius (1809), and David Sanborn (1945).

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Among LINGUISTS In United States

Among linguists born in United States, George Kingsley Zipf ranks 12. Before him are Joseph Greenberg (1915), Joshua Fishman (1926), William Labov (1927), George Lakoff (1941), Morris Swadesh (1909), and Stephen Krashen (1941). After him are William Stokoe (1919), Alice Kober (1906), William Dwight Whitney (1827), Robert Blust (1940), Dell Hymes (1927), and George Perkins Marsh (1801).

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