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Karl Lachmann

1793 - 1851

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Karl Konrad Friedrich Wilhelm Lachmann (German: [ˈlaxman]; 4 March 1793 – 13 March 1851) was a German philologist and critic. He is particularly noted for his foundational contributions to the field of textual criticism. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Karl Lachmann is the 62nd most popular linguist (down from 45th in 2019), the 2,066th most popular biography from Germany (down from 1,591st in 2019) and the 13th most popular German Linguist.

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Among LINGUISTS

Among linguists, Karl Lachmann ranks 62 out of 214. Before him are Sándor Kőrösi Csoma, Hesychius of Alexandria, Charles Bally, Matthias Castrén, George Lakoff, and Josef Dobrovský. After him are Vilém Mathesius, Karl Brugmann, August Leskien, Johannes Aavik, Claude Piron, and Vatroslav Jagić.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1793, Karl Lachmann ranks 21. Before him are Josef Ressel, Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller, Charles Paul de Kock, Sam Houston, Tokugawa Ieyoshi, and Thomas Addison. After him are Philipp Veit, Johann Friedrich von Eschscholtz, Constantine Kanaris, Princess Caroline of Denmark, Carl Jonas Love Almqvist, and Mikhail Dmitrievich Gorchakov. Among people deceased in 1851, Karl Lachmann ranks 22. Before him are John James Audubon, Mikhail Lazarev, Rama III, Albert Lortzing, Johann Heinrich Friedrich Link, and Lorenz Oken. After him are Prince Wilhelm of Prussia, Dean Mahomed, Karl Gützlaff, Vincenz Priessnitz, Horace François Bastien Sébastiani de La Porta, and Princess Maria Christina of Saxony.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Karl Lachmann ranks 2,067 out of 7,253. Before him are Infanta Adelgundes, Duchess of Guimarães (1858), Hieronymus Bock (1498), Judith of Schweinfurt (1003), Guillermo Kahlo (1871), Princess Louise Margaret of Prussia (1860), and Walther Hewel (1904). After him are Wilhelm Heinrich Wackenroder (1773), Rudolf Schmidt (1886), Frederick William, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1771), Max Koegel (1895), Wilhelm Ohnesorge (1872), and Theodor Wisch (1907).

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Among LINGUISTS In Germany

Among linguists born in Germany, Karl Lachmann ranks 13. Before him are Georg Friedrich Grotefend (1775), Friedrich August Wolf (1759), Michel Bréal (1832), Vasily Radlov (1837), Hermann Paul (1846), and Hugo Schuchardt (1842). After him are Karl Brugmann (1849), August Leskien (1840), Friedrich Christian Diez (1794), Alexander Gode (1906), Carl Brockelmann (1868), and Johannes Schmidt (1843).

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