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Hans Ørberg

1920 - 2010

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Hans Henning Ørberg (21 April 1920 – 17 February 2010) was a Danish linguist and teacher. He received a master's degree in English, French, and Latin at the University of Copenhagen and taught these languages in many Danish high schools until 1963 and then taught in a Danish Gymnasium until 1988. He was the author of LINGVA LATINA PER SE ILLVSTRATA, a widely used method for learning Latin through the natural method. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Hans Ørberg is the 127th most popular linguist (down from 116th in 2019), the 403rd most popular biography from Denmark (down from 378th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Danish Linguist.

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Among LINGUISTS

Among linguists, Hans Ørberg ranks 127 out of 214. Before him are Yevgeny Polivanov, August Friedrich Pott, Ferdinand Johann Wiedemann, Arie de Jong, Felix Jacoby, and Hrachia Acharian. After him are Igor M. Diakonoff, Franz Felix Adalbert Kuhn, Ali-Akbar Dehkhoda, James Legge, Aleksander Brückner, and Vasily Abaev.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1920, Hans Ørberg ranks 261. Before him are Machiko Hasegawa, Chushiro Hayashi, Harold Sakata, Siegfried Buback, Fedora Barbieri, and Richard N. Frye. After him are Henry Eriksson, Jacques Doniol-Valcroze, Mustafa Khalil, Bengt Ekerot, Eugênio Sales, and Anne-Cath. Vestly. Among people deceased in 2010, Hans Ørberg ranks 227. Before him are Alex Higgins, Laurent Terzieff, Hank Jones, Chushiro Hayashi, Otmar Suitner, and Yuri Ilyenko. After him are Zelda Rubinstein, Yvonne Loriod, Jacqueline de Romilly, Gheorghe Apostol, Marie Osborne Yeats, and Geoffrey Burbidge.

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In Denmark

Among people born in Denmark, Hans Ørberg ranks 403 out of 1,032. Before him are Ada Adler (1878), Vagn Holmboe (1909), Japetus Steenstrup (1813), Urban Gad (1879), Johannes Jørgensen (1866), and Johan Jensen (1859). After him are Johnny Hansen (1943), Thomas Kingo (1634), Simon Kjær (1989), Wilhelm Bendz (1804), Hans Peter Jørgen Julius Thomsen (1826), and Johan Otto von Spreckelsen (1929).

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Among LINGUISTS In Denmark

Among linguists born in Denmark, Hans Ørberg ranks 6. Before him are Rasmus Rask (1787), Otto Jespersen (1860), Louis Hjelmslev (1899), Vilhelm Thomsen (1842), and Holger Pedersen (1867). After him are Johan Nicolai Madvig (1804), and Johan Ludvig Heiberg (1854).

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