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Kazimieras Būga

1879 - 1924

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Kazimieras Būga (Lithuanian pronunciation: [kɐˈzʲɪˈmʲiərɐs buːˈɡɐ]; November 6, 1879 – December 2, 1924) was a Lithuanian linguist and philologist. He was a professor of linguistics, who mainly worked on the Lithuanian language. He was born at Pažiegė, near Dusetos, then part of the Russian Empire. Appointed as personal secretary to Lithuanian linguist Kazimieras Jaunius he showed great interest in the subject, and during the period 1905-12 studied at Saint Petersburg State University. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Kazimieras Būga is the 99th most popular linguist (up from 152nd in 2019), the 87th most popular biography from Lithuania (up from 155th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Lithuanian Linguist.

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Among LINGUISTS

Among linguists, Kazimieras Būga ranks 99 out of 214. Before him are Adolf Erman, Matteo Bartoli, Bernhard Karlgren, Joan Coromines, Leo Spitzer, and Georg Curtius. After him are Henry Watson Fowler, Agop Dilâçar, Teun A. van Dijk, Heinrich Hübschmann, Daniel Jones, and Jules Gilliéron.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1879, Kazimieras Būga ranks 117. Before him are Othon Friesz, Arthur Johnson, Rafael de Nogales Méndez, José Giral, Shinobu Ishihara, and Alan Gardiner. After him are Hermann Barrelet, Pedro Aguirre Cerda, Prince Mirko of Montenegro, Frank Bridge, Friedrich Christiansen, and Joseph Canteloube. Among people deceased in 1924, Kazimieras Būga ranks 78. Before him are Princess Isabella of Bavaria, Àngel Guimerà, Emile Claus, Emma Eckstein, Masujiro Nishida, and Jacques Loeb. After him are William Robert Ogilvie-Grant, Curt von Bardeleben, Maria Bernarda Bütler, Manuel Estrada Cabrera, Prince Francis Joseph of Battenberg, and Muhammad Jamalul Alam II.

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In Lithuania

Among people born in Lithuania, Kazimieras Būga ranks 87 out of 328. Before him are Iosif Igelström (1737), Ieronim Uborevich (1896), Klara Zamenhof (1863), Sigitas Tamkevičius (1938), Clara Rockmore (1911), and Maciej Sulkiewicz (1865). After him are Irena Veisaitė (1928), Tomas Venclova (1937), Šarūnas Jasikevičius (1976), Yitzhak Arad (1926), Bernard Berenson (1865), and Alma Adamkienė (1927).

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Among LINGUISTS In Lithuania

Among linguists born in Lithuania, Kazimieras Būga ranks 2. Before him are Eliezer Ben-Yehuda (1858).

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