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Ignác Goldziher

1850 - 1921

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Ignác (Yitzhaq Yehuda) Goldziher (22 June 1850 – 13 November 1921), often credited as Ignaz Goldziher, was a Hungarian scholar of Islam. Alongside Joseph Schacht and G.H.A. Juynboll, he is considered one of the pioneers of modern academic hadith studies. His most important work is the two-volume Muhammedanische Studien (Muslim Studies), especially its second volume, which addresses questions of the origins, evolution, and development of hadith. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ignác Goldziher is the 32nd most popular linguist (down from 24th in 2019), the 127th most popular biography from Hungary (down from 93rd in 2019) and the most popular Hungarian Linguist.

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Among LINGUISTS

Among linguists, Ignác Goldziher ranks 32 out of 214Before him are Johann Christoph Adelung, Sibawayh, Michael Halliday, Otto Jespersen, Pompeu Fabra, and Nikolai Trubetzkoy. After him are Bedřich Hrozný, Louis Hjelmslev, Georg Friedrich Grotefend, Nicholas Marr, Benjamin Lee Whorf, and Friedrich August Wolf.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1850, Ignác Goldziher ranks 25Before him are Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn, Lluís Domènech i Montaner, Frances Xavier Cabrini, William Morris Davis, Lafcadio Hearn, and Besarion Jughashvili. After him are César Ritz, Victoriano Huerta, Sami Frashëri, Mikhail Chigorin, Ivan Vazov, and Pat Garrett. Among people deceased in 1921, Ignác Goldziher ranks 26Before him are Alexander Blok, Engelbert Humperdinck, Mykola Leontovych, Eugen Dühring, Matthias Erzberger, and William II of Württemberg. After him are Julius Richard Petri, Hermann Schwarz, Karl von Bülow, Oscar Montelius, Georges Feydeau, and Ivan Vazov.

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In Hungary

Among people born in Hungary, Ignác Goldziher ranks 127 out of 1,077Before him are Mihály Károlyi (1875), János Áder (1959), Aurel Stein (1862), Miklós Rózsa (1907), István Tisza (1861), and Döme Sztójay (1883). After him are Arthur Nikisch (1855), George I Rákóczi (1593), Princess Maria Antonia Koháry (1797), Gyula Grosics (1926), George II Rákóczi (1621), and Mária Telkes (1900).

Among LINGUISTS In Hungary

Among linguists born in Hungary, Ignác Goldziher ranks 1After him are Josef Dobrovský (1753), and János Sajnovics (1733).