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Jerzy Kuryłowicz

1895 - 1978

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Jerzy Kuryłowicz (Polish pronunciation: [ˈjɛʐɨ kurɨˈwɔvit͡ʂ]; 26 August 1895 – 28 January 1978) was a Polish linguist whose main area of interest was historical linguistics, specifically Indo-European studies. He is known for identifying consonantal reflexes in Hittite that were previously only hypothesized by Ferdinand de Saussure, thereby offering first direct evidence for the laryngeal theory. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jerzy Kuryłowicz is the 11,110th most popular politician (up from 12,036th in 2019), the 449th most popular biography from Ukraine (up from 541st in 2019) and the 123rd most popular Ukrainian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Jerzy Kuryłowicz ranks 11,110 out of 19,576. Before him are Ghiyath al-Din Tughluq, Roman Rudenko, Hai Rui, Irakli Kobakhidze, H. C. Hansen, and Viktor Kingissepp. After him are Moshe Sanbar, Gary Peters, Charles de Broqueville, Charles Gravier, comte de Vergennes, Svetozar Marović, and Nikola Gruevski.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1895, Jerzy Kuryłowicz ranks 143. Before him are Lucía Sánchez Saornil, Susanne Langer, Feng Youlan, László Almásy, Nahum Goldmann, and Gustav Lombard. After him are Trifko Grabež, Tomoji Tanabe, Mario Camerini, Neco, William Tubman, and Gustav von Wangenheim. Among people deceased in 1978, Jerzy Kuryłowicz ranks 121. Before him are Hans Stuck, Bernhard Karlgren, Costante Girardengo, Juan Evaristo, Warren Weaver, and Raymond Braine. After him are Harold Abrahams, José Gonzalvo, Zivia Lubetkin, Franz Bäke, Prince Sigismund of Prussia, and Rudolf Svensson.

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In Ukraine

Among people born in Ukraine, Jerzy Kuryłowicz ranks 449 out of 1,365. Before him are Vladimir Kuts (1927), Viktor Sadovnichiy (1939), Mykola Pymonenko (1862), Liya Akhedzhakova (1938), Roman Rudenko (1907), and Alexander Granach (1890). After him are Iryna Melnykova (1918), Aleksandr Ptushko (1900), Andrey Razumovsky (1752), Viorica Viscopoleanu (1939), Dmitri Ivanenko (1904), and Janina Lewandowska (1908).

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Among POLITICIANS In Ukraine

Among politicians born in Ukraine, Jerzy Kuryłowicz ranks 123. Before him are Polina Astakhova (1936), Lev Mekhlis (1889), Aleksandar Malinov (1867), Agenor Maria Gołuchowski (1849), Arseniy Yatsenyuk (1974), and Roman Rudenko (1907). After him are Andrey Razumovsky (1752), Vlas Chubar (1881), Nina Bocharova (1924), Anna Walentynowicz (1929), Maciej Rataj (1884), and Yukhym Zvyahilsky (1933).

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