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Hermann Paul

1846 - 1921

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Hermann Otto Theodor Paul (August 7, 1846, Salbke – December 29, 1921, Munich) was a German philologist, linguist and lexicographer. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Hermann Paul is the 51st most popular linguist, the 1,765th most popular biography from Germany (up from 1,875th in 2019) and the 11th most popular German Linguist.

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Among LINGUISTS

Among linguists, Hermann Paul ranks 51 out of 214. Before him are André Martinet, Jan Baudouin de Courtenay, Ghil'ad Zuckermann, Gabdulkhay Akhatov, Louis de Beaufront, and Tuone Udaina. After him are Renato Corsetti, Vilhelm Thomsen, Hugo Schuchardt, William Labov, Sándor Kőrösi Csoma, and Hesychius of Alexandria.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1846, Hermann Paul ranks 34. Before him are Mariam Baouardy, Naim Frashëri, Alexander von Kluck, Vasily Dokuchaev, Count Kasimir Felix Badeni, and Nicholas Miklouho-Maclay. After him are Paolo Tosti, Svetozar Marković, Boutros Ghali, Pierre Waldeck-Rousseau, Raoul Pictet, and Turhan Pasha Përmeti. Among people deceased in 1921, Hermann Paul ranks 41. Before him are Fernand Khnopff, Hara Takashi, Charles Joseph Bonaparte, Nikolay Zhukovsky, Živojin Mišić, and Vladimir Korolenko. After him are Jean-Paul Laurens, Ernst Gunther, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein, Lady Randolph Churchill, Georg Ritter von Schönerer, Nikolay Gumilyov, and Emilia Pardo Bazán.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Hermann Paul ranks 1,765 out of 7,253. Before him are Christian Friedrich Hebbel (1813), Hans Burgkmair (1473), August Sander (1876), Kathrine Switzer (1947), Gottfried John (1942), and Robert Hübner (1948). After him are Elisabeth of Swabia (1205), Ludwig Börne (1786), Duchess Anna Amalia of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1739), Georg Stumme (1886), Barbara Sukowa (1950), and Duke Louis of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1725).

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Among LINGUISTS In Germany

Among linguists born in Germany, Hermann Paul ranks 11. Before him are Johann Martin Schleyer (1831), Johann Christoph Adelung (1732), Georg Friedrich Grotefend (1775), Friedrich August Wolf (1759), Michel Bréal (1832), and Vasily Radlov (1837). After him are Hugo Schuchardt (1842), Karl Lachmann (1793), Karl Brugmann (1849), August Leskien (1840), Friedrich Christian Diez (1794), and Alexander Gode (1906).

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