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George Perkins Marsh

1801 - 1882

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George Perkins Marsh (March 15, 1801 – July 23, 1882), an American diplomat and philologist, is considered by some to be America's first environmentalist and by recognizing the irreversible impact of man's actions on the earth, a precursor to the sustainability concept, although "conservationist" would be more accurate. The Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park in Vermont takes its name, in part, from Marsh. His 1864 book Man and Nature had a great impact in many parts of the world. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. George Perkins Marsh is the 185th most popular linguist (down from 167th in 2019), the 9,485th most popular biography from United States (down from 7,884th in 2019) and the 18th most popular American Linguist.

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Among LINGUISTS

Among linguists, George Perkins Marsh ranks 185 out of 214. Before him are Francisco Rodríguez Adrados, María Rosa Lida de Malkiel, Dell Hymes, Ivan Kuratov, Alexander Melville Bell, and Lev Shcherba. After him are Ziad Fazah, Kenneth Lee Pike, Ray Jackendoff, Helmut Rix, Vladislav Illich-Svitych, and Daniel Everett.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1801, George Perkins Marsh ranks 82. Before him are Jules Pierre Rambur, William Hallowes Miller, Robert J. Walker, Athanasios Vouros, Charles Combes, and Zecharias Frankel. After him are Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury, and Samuel Gridley Howe. Among people deceased in 1882, George Perkins Marsh ranks 75. Before him are Charles Wyville Thomson, Theodor Ludwig Wilhelm von Bischoff, Ion Andreescu, William Harrison Ainsworth, William Barton Rogers, and William Shanks. After him are Joaquim Manuel de Macedo, Francisco Javier Zaldúa, Hablot Knight Browne, Francis Maitland Balfour, Milton Latham, and Edward Bouverie Pusey.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, George Perkins Marsh ranks 9,487 out of 20,380. Before him are Edward Goodrich Acheson (1856), Kent Beck (1961), Marsden Hartley (1877), Martha Rosler (1943), Elizabeth Cotten (1893), and Carmen Zapata (1927). After him are David Halberstam (1934), Bob Brookmeyer (1929), Joel Chandler Harris (1848), Tom Harrell (1946), Jacob Abbott (1803), and Joe F. Edwards Jr. (1958).

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Among LINGUISTS In United States

Among linguists born in United States, George Perkins Marsh ranks 18. Before him are George Kingsley Zipf (1902), William Stokoe (1919), Alice Kober (1906), William Dwight Whitney (1827), Robert Blust (1940), and Dell Hymes (1927). After him are Kenneth Lee Pike (1912), Daniel Everett (1951), Charles F. Hockett (1916), Lyle Campbell (1942), Mary Haas (1910), and Einar Haugen (1906).

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