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Georges Dumézil

1898 - 1986

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Georges Edmond Raoul Dumézil (4 March 1898 – 11 October 1986) was a French philologist, linguist, and religious studies scholar who specialized in comparative linguistics and mythology. He was a professor at Istanbul University, École pratique des hautes études and the Collège de France, and a member of the Académie Française. Dumézil is well known for his formulation of the trifunctional hypothesis on Proto-Indo-European mythology and society. His research has had a major influence on the fields of comparative mythology and Indo-European studies. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Georges Dumézil is the 18th most popular linguist (up from 21st in 2019), the 781st most popular biography from France (up from 886th in 2019) and the most popular French Linguist.

Georges Dumézil was a French comparative philologist who specialized in the study of Indo-European languages. He is most famous for his theories of the three functions of the Indo-European gods, which he called the three aspects of the "trifunctional hypothesis."

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Among linguists, Georges Dumézil ranks 18 out of 214. Before him are Rasmus Rask, Leonard Bloomfield, Franz Bopp, Eliezer Ben-Yehuda, Jost Gippert, and August Schleicher. After him are Kūkai, Franz Miklosich, Edward Sapir, Antoine Meillet, Johann Martin Schleyer, and Algirdas Julien Greimas.

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Among people born in 1898, Georges Dumézil ranks 34. Before him are Isidor Isaac Rabi, Rodion Malinovsky, Henry Moore, Alexander Calder, Vicente Aleixandre, and René Clair. After him are Curzio Malaparte, Willy Messerschmitt, Joseph Murphy, Princess Charlotte, Duchess of Valentinois, Aloysius Stepinac, and Peng Dehuai. Among people deceased in 1986, Georges Dumézil ranks 25. Before him are Albert Szent-Györgyi, Alva Myrdal, Georgia O'Keeffe, Henry Moore, Michael J. Smith, and Leonid Kantorovich. After him are Celâl Bayar, Jaroslav Seifert, Harold Macmillan, Fritz Albert Lipmann, Chiune Sugihara, and Erich Koch.

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Among people born in France, Georges Dumézil ranks 781 out of 6,770. Before him are Simon Vouet (1590), Paul-Émile Lecoq de Boisbaudran (1838), Joseph Justus Scaliger (1540), Joanna of Bourbon (1338), Jacques Maritain (1882), and René Clair (1898). After him are Bertrand du Guesclin (1320), Fanny Ardant (1949), Julie Clary (1771), Dagobert II (650), Michel Legrand (1932), and Hubert de Givenchy (1927).

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Among LINGUISTS In France

Among linguists born in France, Georges Dumézil ranks 1. After him are Antoine Meillet (1866), Alexandre de Rhodes (1591), André Martinet (1908), Louis de Beaufront (1855), Émile Littré (1801), Anne Dacier (1645), Lucien Tesnière (1893), Louis Duchesne (1843), Sylvain Lévi (1863), Gaston Waringhien (1901), and Arsène Darmesteter (1846).

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