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Gerhard Rohlfs

1892 - 1986

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Gerhard Rohlfs (July 14, 1892 – September 12, 1986) was a German linguist. He taught Romance languages and literature at the universities in Tübingen and Munich. He was described as an "archeologist of words". Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Gerhard Rohlfs is the 139th most popular linguist (up from 148th in 2019), the 4,278th most popular biography from Germany (up from 4,525th in 2019) and the 27th most popular German Linguist.

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Among LINGUISTS

Among linguists, Gerhard Rohlfs ranks 139 out of 214. Before him are Vasily Abaev, Hermann Osthoff, Alexander Potebnja, Julius Pokorny, Sylvain Lévi, and Vladimir Toporov. After him are Friedrich von Adelung, Giuliano Bonfante, Yuen Ren Chao, Johan Nicolai Madvig, Walther von Wartburg, and János Sajnovics.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1892, Gerhard Rohlfs ranks 210. Before him are Bessie Coleman, Tsuru Aoki, Gaetano Belloni, Pierre Frieden, Ferde Grofé, and Cuno Hoffmeister. After him are Lydia Lopokova, Mohammad-Ali Jamalzadeh, Mieczysław Horszowski, Ronald Rawson, Guido Boni, and Milena Rudnytska. Among people deceased in 1986, Gerhard Rohlfs ranks 178. Before him are Jacques Plante, Lars-Erik Larsson, Hal B. Wallis, Annemarie Selinko, Vicente Trueba, and Kunio Maekawa. After him are Daniel Balavoine, Nils Ramm, Michal Vičan, Ernst Haas, Oldřich Lipský, and Alexander Ostrowski.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Gerhard Rohlfs ranks 4,280 out of 7,253. Before him are Franz Josef Jung (1949), Herman Sörgel (1885), Erwin Stresemann (1889), Eberhard Weber (1940), Augustus Louis, Prince of Anhalt-Köthen (1697), and Friederike Charlotte of Hesse-Darmstadt (1698). After him are Curt Bois (1901), Erich Rademacher (1901), Albert Betz (1885), Hugo Distler (1908), Princess Pauline of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (1852), and Martin Hoffmann (1955).

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Among LINGUISTS In Germany

Among linguists born in Germany, Gerhard Rohlfs ranks 27. Before him are Adolf Erman (1854), Georg Curtius (1820), Heinrich Hübschmann (1848), August Immanuel Bekker (1785), Felix Jacoby (1876), and Hermann Osthoff (1847). After him are Eduard Sievers (1850), Friedrich Kluge (1856), Hermann Hirt (1865), Christiane Nord (1943), Helmut Rix (1926), and Georg Bühler (1837).

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