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Johannes Aavik

1880 - 1973

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Johannes Aavik (8 December [O.S. 26 November] 1880 – 18 March 1973) was an Estonian linguist and innovator of the Estonian language. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Johannes Aavik is the 66th most popular linguist (up from 84th in 2019), the 50th most popular biography from Estonia (up from 63rd in 2019) and the most popular Estonian Linguist.

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Among LINGUISTS

Among linguists, Johannes Aavik ranks 66 out of 214. Before him are George Lakoff, Josef Dobrovský, Karl Lachmann, Vilém Mathesius, Karl Brugmann, and August Leskien. After him are Claude Piron, Vatroslav Jagić, Tamaz V. Gamkrelidze, Friedrich Christian Diez, Paul Ariste, and Abu al-Aswad al-Du'ali.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1880, Johannes Aavik ranks 85. Before him are Hermann von Keyserling, Elizabeth of the Trinity, Alfred J. Lotka, Kōdō Sawaki, Waldemar Bonsels, and Osami Nagano. After him are Leonard Woolley, Sergei Natanovich Bernstein, Alfredo Ildefonso Schuster, Joseph Trumpeldor, Eric Lemming, and Lytton Strachey. Among people deceased in 1973, Johannes Aavik ranks 97. Before him are Soong Ai-ling, Joseph Szigeti, Betty Grable, Alois Hába, Fuad Chehab, and Frank Jack Fletcher. After him are Jack Hawkins, Tanzan Ishibashi, Alexander Orlov, Yaakov Dori, Ramón de la Fuente Leal, and Roger Williamson.

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In Estonia

Among people born in Estonia, Johannes Aavik ranks 50 out of 351. Before him are Jüri Lossmann (1891), Georg Wilhelm Richmann (1711), Johann Friedrich von Eschscholtz (1793), Jaan Tõnisson (1868), Roman Steinberg (1900), and Evald Aav (1900). After him are Friedrich Martens (1845), Anton Hansen Tammsaare (1878), Karl Ernst Claus (1796), Jaan Kaplinski (1941), Friedrich Akel (1871), and Paul Ariste (1905).

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Among LINGUISTS In Estonia

Among linguists born in Estonia, Johannes Aavik ranks 1. After him are Paul Ariste (1905), and Ferdinand Johann Wiedemann (1805).

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