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Henry Sweet

1845 - 1912

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Henry Sweet (15 September 1845 – 30 April 1912) was an English philologist, phonetician and grammarian. As a philologist, he specialized in the Germanic languages, particularly Old English and Old Norse. In addition, Sweet published works on larger issues of phonetics and grammar in language and the teaching of languages. Many of his ideas have remained influential, and a number of his works continue to be in print, being used as course texts at colleges and universities. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Henry Sweet is the 173rd most popular linguist (up from 185th in 2019), the 4,292nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 4,532nd in 2019) and the 12th most popular British Linguist.

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Among LINGUISTS

Among linguists, Henry Sweet ranks 173 out of 214. Before him are Martí de Riquer i Morera, John Lyons, Andrey Zaliznyak, Göran Malmqvist, Zellig Harris, and Vyacheslav Ivanov. After him are Henry Liddell, Gideon Toury, Robert Blust, Sergei Starostin, Oswald Szemerényi, and Francisco Rodríguez Adrados.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1845, Henry Sweet ranks 98. Before him are Hermann Bollé, Facundo Machaín, George Kennan, Johann Berger, William Christie, and Sámuel Teleki. After him are Lobengula, William Healey Dall, Johan Henrik Deuntzer, Juan Bautista Egusquiza, Nikolaos Deligiannis, and Daniel David Palmer. Among people deceased in 1912, Henry Sweet ranks 120. Before him are Ahmet Mithat, Aleksey Suvorin, Alexander Duff, 1st Duke of Fife, Ludvig Holstein-Ledreborg, Richard Andree, and Máximo Tajes. After him are Juan Gualberto González, Sophia Jex-Blake, Luis Cordero Crespo, Julio Herrera y Obes, Emil Stang, and Thomas Pollock Anshutz.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Henry Sweet ranks 4,293 out of 8,785. Before him are Jill Evans (1959), Hugh Dancy (1975), Brian Henton (1946), Horace Lamb (1849), Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux (1778), and Saint Mungo (518). After him are Arthur Berry (1888), Pat Barker (1943), Paul Ince (1967), Roy Ward Baker (1916), Mark Herman (1954), and Peter Wilson (1947).

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Among LINGUISTS In United Kingdom

Among linguists born in United Kingdom, Henry Sweet ranks 12. Before him are Brian Houghton Hodgson (1800), John Chadwick (1920), John Florio (1553), James Legge (1815), Jane Ellen Harrison (1850), and John Lyons (1932). After him are Henry Liddell (1811), Oswald Szemerényi (1913), Alexander Melville Bell (1819), John Eliot (1604), John Rupert Firth (1890), and Ian Hancock (1942).

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