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Helmut Rix

1926 - 2004

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Helmut Rix (4 July 1926, in Amberg – 3 December 2004, in Colmar) was a German linguist and professor of the Sprachwissenschaftliches Seminar of Albert-Ludwigs-Universität, Freiburg, Germany. He is best known for his research into Indo-European and Etruscan languages, as well as for being the author of the hypothesis of Tyrrhenian languages. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Helmut Rix is the 189th most popular linguist (down from 188th in 2019), the 5,280th most popular biography from Germany (down from 5,263rd in 2019) and the 32nd most popular German Linguist.

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Among LINGUISTS

Among linguists, Helmut Rix ranks 189 out of 214. Before him are Alexander Melville Bell, Lev Shcherba, George Perkins Marsh, Ziad Fazah, Kenneth Lee Pike, and Ray Jackendoff. After him are Vladislav Illich-Svitych, Daniel Everett, John Eliot, John Rupert Firth, Geoffrey Hull, and Sture Allén.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1926, Helmut Rix ranks 442. Before him are John Spencer-Churchill, 11th Duke of Marlborough, Walter Lassally, Verne Gagne, Nikos Koundouros, Lino Aldani, and Milo O'Shea. After him are Danny Blanchflower, Adriano Directo Emperado, Bill Black, Jorge Enrique Adoum, Jacques Swaters, and Erna Schneider Hoover. Among people deceased in 2004, Helmut Rix ranks 280. Before him are Alexey Korneyev, Robert Pastorelli, Custódio Pinto, Robert Bacher, Tesfaye Gebre Kidan, and Ol' Dirty Bastard. After him are Yang Xinhai, Bob Tisdall, Carl Raddatz, Lyudmila Shishova, Julius Sang, and Friedrich Waller.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Helmut Rix ranks 5,283 out of 7,253. Before him are Gregor Braun (1955), Burglinde Pollak (1951), Marius Müller-Westernhagen (1948), Hermann Lietz (1868), Volker Bouffier (1951), and Hans Klenk (1919). After him are Ferdinand von Schirach (1964), Erwin Huber (1943), Eugen Burg (1871), Heiko Maas (1966), Max Fürbringer (1846), and Ossi Reichert (1925).

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Among LINGUISTS In Germany

Among linguists born in Germany, Helmut Rix ranks 32. Before him are Hermann Osthoff (1847), Gerhard Rohlfs (1892), Eduard Sievers (1850), Friedrich Kluge (1856), Hermann Hirt (1865), and Christiane Nord (1943). After him are Georg Bühler (1837).

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