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Johannes Schmidt

1843 - 1901

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Johannes Friedrich Heinrich Schmidt (29 July 1843 – 4 July 1901) was a German linguist. He developed the Wellentheorie ('wave theory') of language development. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Johannes Schmidt is the 87th most popular linguist (up from 100th in 2019), the 2,926th most popular biography from Germany (up from 3,338th in 2019) and the 19th most popular German Linguist.

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Among LINGUISTS

Among linguists, Johannes Schmidt ranks 87 out of 214. Before him are Max Nettlau, Eugenio Coșeriu, Holger Pedersen, Anne Dacier, Wilhelm Meyer-Lübke, and Gustaf John Ramstedt. After him are Jan Mukařovský, Morris Halle, Konrad Duden, Ahatanhel Krymsky, Lucien Tesnière, and Adolf Erman.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1843, Johannes Schmidt ranks 50. Before him are Sara Forbes Bonetta, Elizabeth Stride, Pedro Américo, Otto Kuntze, Bernhard Förster, and Adolf Mayer. After him are Christina Nilsson, Friedrich Robert Helmert, Fyodor Stravinsky, Karl Michael Ziehrer, David Gill, and Princess Anna of Hesse and by Rhine. Among people deceased in 1901, Johannes Schmidt ranks 43. Before him are Albert, 4th duc de Broglie, Oreste Baratieri, Princess Januária of Brazil, Archduchess Maria Isabella of Austria, Auguste Serrurier, and Dagny Juel. After him are Alexander Kovalevsky, Henri Helle, Arvid Posse, Peter Benoit, Jules Barbier, and Shah Jahan Begum of Bhopal.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Johannes Schmidt ranks 2,928 out of 7,253. Before him are Johanna Wolf (1900), Klaus Voormann (1938), Hans Herrmann (1928), Johannes Popitz (1884), Gottfried Kirch (1639), and August Leopold Crelle (1780). After him are Nico Rosberg (1985), Karl Weyprecht (1838), Max von Oppenheim (1860), Wolfgang Lotz (1921), Herbert Erhardt (1930), and Auguste von Harrach (1800).

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Among LINGUISTS In Germany

Among linguists born in Germany, Johannes Schmidt ranks 19. Before him are Karl Lachmann (1793), Karl Brugmann (1849), August Leskien (1840), Friedrich Christian Diez (1794), Alexander Gode (1906), and Carl Brockelmann (1868). After him are Konrad Duden (1829), Adolf Erman (1854), Georg Curtius (1820), Heinrich Hübschmann (1848), August Immanuel Bekker (1785), and Felix Jacoby (1876).

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