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Jane Ellen Harrison

1850 - 1928

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Jane Ellen Harrison (9 September 1850 – 15 April 1928) was a British classical scholar and linguist. With Karl Kerenyi and Walter Burkert, Harrison is one of the founders of modern studies in Ancient Greek religion and mythology. She applied 19th-century archaeological discoveries to the interpretation of ancient Greek religion in ways that have become standard. She has also been credited with being the first woman to obtain a post in England as a 'career academic'. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jane Ellen Harrison is the 162nd most popular linguist (up from 169th in 2019), the 4,027th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 4,114th in 2019) and the 10th most popular British Linguist.

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Among LINGUISTS

Among linguists, Jane Ellen Harrison ranks 162 out of 214. Before her are Heinrich Schmid, Arsène Darmesteter, Alice Kober, William Dwight Whitney, Hermann Hirt, and Takekazu Asaka. After her are Bogdan Petriceicu Hasdeu, Christiane Nord, Vladimir I. Georgiev, Waldemar Rosenberger, Martí de Riquer i Morera, and John Lyons.

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Among people born in 1850, Jane Ellen Harrison ranks 101. Before her are Tomás Bretón, Edward Albert Sharpey-Schafer, Paul von Plehwe, Hermann Möller, Zdenko Hans Skraup, and László Lukács. After her are Ion Andreescu, Betzy Akersloot-Berg, Jørgen Pedersen Gram, Heinrich Peters, Guerra Junqueiro, and Jean de Reszke. Among people deceased in 1928, Jane Ellen Harrison ranks 98. Before her are Pierre Puiseux, Klabund, José Eustasio Rivera, Martin Kukučín, Paul van Ostaijen, and Georges Passerieu. After her are Theodore Roberts, Stefanos Skouloudis, Leon Benois, Jean Collas, Xiang Jingyu, and Nina Bang.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Jane Ellen Harrison ranks 4,028 out of 8,785. Before her are Peter Scott (1909), G. M. Trevelyan (1876), Joseph Bazalgette (1819), Edward John Eyre (1815), Robert H. McNaught (1956), and James Donald (1917). After her are John Shakespeare (1530), Ernest Henry Wilson (1876), Tom Walkinshaw (1946), Harry Mallin (1892), Hugh Falconer (1808), and Joe Allen (1990).

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Among LINGUISTS In United Kingdom

Among linguists born in United Kingdom, Jane Ellen Harrison ranks 10. Before her are Henry Watson Fowler (1858), Daniel Jones (1881), Brian Houghton Hodgson (1800), John Chadwick (1920), John Florio (1553), and James Legge (1815). After her are John Lyons (1932), Henry Sweet (1845), Henry Liddell (1811), Oswald Szemerényi (1913), Alexander Melville Bell (1819), and John Eliot (1604).

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