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Heinrich Schmid

1921 - 1999

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Heinrich Schmid (6 April 1921 – 23 February 1999) was a Swiss linguist and "father" of the Rhaeto-Romance Dachsprachen ("umbrella languages") Rumantsch Grischun and Ladin Dolomitan. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Heinrich Schmid is the 156th most popular linguist (down from 141st in 2019), the 520th most popular biography from Switzerland (down from 488th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Swiss Linguist.

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Among LINGUISTS

Among linguists, Heinrich Schmid ranks 156 out of 214. Before him are Alexander Veselovsky, Nurit Peled-Elhanan, Friedrich Kluge, William Stokoe, Hermann Möller, and Marcus Zuerius van Boxhorn. After him are Arsène Darmesteter, Alice Kober, William Dwight Whitney, Hermann Hirt, Takekazu Asaka, and Jane Ellen Harrison.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1921, Heinrich Schmid ranks 317. Before him are Kamal Hassan Ali, George Nader, Beatrice Mintz, Manny Ayulo, Sotiria Bellou, and Joe Sutter. After him are Jean Richard, Tafari Benti, Joseph Iléo, Ruth Orkin, Al Pease, and Bertil Antonsson. Among people deceased in 1999, Heinrich Schmid ranks 204. Before him are John Berry, Ashley Montagu, János Parti, Owen Hart, Maria Sander, and Yury Malyshev. After him are Christopher Cockerell, Bing Xin, Raúl Silva Henríquez, Lloyd La Beach, Rick Danko, and Hideo Itokawa.

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In Switzerland

Among people born in Switzerland, Heinrich Schmid ranks 520 out of 1,015. Before him are Karl Bodmer (1809), Gottfried Honegger (1917), Kurt Furgler (1924), Ludwig von Moos (1910), Pier Francesco Mola (1612), and Willy Jäggi (1906). After him are Wilhelm Matthias Naeff (1802), Giuseppe Lepori (1902), Eugen Meier (1930), James of Saint George (1230), Severino Minelli (1909), and Walter Steiner (1951).

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Among LINGUISTS In Switzerland

Among linguists born in Switzerland, Heinrich Schmid ranks 7. Before him are Ferdinand de Saussure (1857), Charles Bally (1865), Wilhelm Meyer-Lübke (1861), Jules Gilliéron (1854), Albert Sechehaye (1870), and Walther von Wartburg (1888). After him are Rudolf Thurneysen (1857).

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