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Johann Martin Schleyer

1831 - 1912

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Johann Martin Schleyer (German pronunciation: [ˈjoːhan ˈmaʁtiːn ˈʃlaɪɐ]; 18 July 1831 – 16 August 1912) was a German Catholic priest who invented the constructed language Volapük. His official name was "Martin Schleyer"; he added the name "Johann" (in honor of his godfather) unofficially. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Johann Martin Schleyer is the 23rd most popular linguist (down from 22nd in 2019), the 780th most popular biography from Germany (down from 747th in 2019) and the 5th most popular German Linguist.

Johann Martin Schleyer is most famous for being the founder of the German Trade Union Confederation.

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Among LINGUISTS

Among linguists, Johann Martin Schleyer ranks 23 out of 214. Before him are August Schleicher, Georges Dumézil, Kūkai, Franz Miklosich, Edward Sapir, and Antoine Meillet. After him are Algirdas Julien Greimas, William Jones, Johann Christoph Adelung, Sibawayh, Michael Halliday, and Otto Jespersen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1831, Johann Martin Schleyer ranks 16. Before him are Savitribai Phule, Leo von Caprivi, Lucy Webb Hayes, Cheoljong of Joseon, Eduard Suess, and Naser al-Din Shah Qajar. After him are Joseph Joachim, Victorien Sardou, Adelaide of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg, Duke Ludwig Wilhelm in Bavaria, Maximilian Anton, Hereditary Prince of Thurn and Taxis, and Princess Maria Amélia of Brazil. Among people deceased in 1912, Johann Martin Schleyer ranks 20. Before him are Jack Phillips, Paul-Émile Lecoq de Boisbaudran, Lawrence Alma-Tadema, W. T. Stead, Luitpold, Prince Regent of Bavaria, and William IV, Grand Duke of Luxembourg. After him are Benjamin Guggenheim, Osborne Reynolds, William McMaster Murdoch, John Jacob Astor IV, Gerhard Armauer Hansen, and Nettie Stevens.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Johann Martin Schleyer ranks 780 out of 7,253. Before him are Nicolaus Zinzendorf (1700), Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1784), Thomas Anders (1963), Johann II, Duke of Saxe-Weimar (1570), Amalie Auguste of Bavaria (1801), and Kurt Koffka (1886). After him are Hermann Weyl (1885), Achim von Arnim (1781), Artur Axmann (1913), Paul Reuter (1816), Hinrich Lichtenstein (1780), and Frederick, Prince of Wales (1707).

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Among LINGUISTS In Germany

Among linguists born in Germany, Johann Martin Schleyer ranks 5. Before him are Max Müller (1823), Franz Bopp (1791), Jost Gippert (1956), and August Schleicher (1821). After him are Johann Christoph Adelung (1732), Georg Friedrich Grotefend (1775), Friedrich August Wolf (1759), Michel Bréal (1832), Vasily Radlov (1837), Hermann Paul (1846), and Hugo Schuchardt (1842).

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