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Jost Gippert

1956 - Today

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Jost Gippert (German pronunciation: [ˈjoːst ˈgɪpʰɐt]; born 12 March 1956 in Winz-Niederwenigern, later merged to Hattingen) is a German linguist, Caucasiologist, author, and the Senior Professor at the Centre for the Study of Manuscript Cultures at the University of Hamburg. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jost Gippert is the 16th most popular linguist (up from 20th in 2019), the 514th most popular biography from Germany (up from 695th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular German Linguist.

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Among LINGUISTS

Among linguists, Jost Gippert ranks 16 out of 214. Before him are Roman Jakobson, Mesrop Mashtots, Rasmus Rask, Leonard Bloomfield, Franz Bopp, and Eliezer Ben-Yehuda. After him are August Schleicher, Georges Dumézil, Kūkai, Franz Miklosich, Edward Sapir, and Antoine Meillet.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1956, Jost Gippert ranks 15. Before him are Paolo Rossi, Christine Lagarde, José Manuel Barroso, Katerina Sakellaropoulou, Lars von Trier, and Michel Houellebecq. After him are David Copperfield, Bryan Cranston, Theresa May, Dalia Grybauskaitė, Dave Murray, and Carrie Fisher.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Jost Gippert ranks 514 out of 7,253. Before him are Hans von Aachen (1552), Adam Weishaupt (1748), Louise of Hesse-Kassel (1817), Wied, Prince of Albania (1876), Hans Luther (1879), and Carl Gustav Jacob Jacobi (1804). After him are Jean Paul (1763), Robert Ley (1890), Wilhelm Schickard (1592), Hans Geiger (1882), F. W. Murnau (1888), and Maria Anna of Bavaria (1574).

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Among LINGUISTS In Germany

Among linguists born in Germany, Jost Gippert ranks 3. Before him are Max Müller (1823), and Franz Bopp (1791). After him are August Schleicher (1821), Johann Martin Schleyer (1831), 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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