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Lucien Tesnière

1893 - 1954

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Lucien Tesnière (French: [lysjɛ̃ tɛnjɛʁ]; May 13, 1893 – December 6, 1954) was a prominent and influential French linguist. He was born in Mont-Saint-Aignan on May 13, 1893. As a senior lecturer at the University of Strasbourg (1924) and later professor at the University of Montpellier (1937), he published many papers and books on Slavic languages. However, his importance in the history of linguistics is based mainly on his development of an approach to the syntax of natural languages that would become known as dependency grammar. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Lucien Tesnière is the 92nd most popular linguist (down from 26th in 2019), the 3,095th most popular biography from France (down from 1,098th in 2019) and the 8th most popular French Linguist.

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Among LINGUISTS

Among linguists, Lucien Tesnière ranks 92 out of 214. Before him are Gustaf John Ramstedt, Johannes Schmidt, Jan Mukařovský, Morris Halle, Konrad Duden, and Ahatanhel Krymsky. After him are Adolf Erman, Matteo Bartoli, Bernhard Karlgren, Joan Coromines, Leo Spitzer, and Georg Curtius.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1893, Lucien Tesnière ranks 138. Before him are Carlo Emilio Gadda, Cedric Gibbons, T. H. Marshall, Vera Brittain, Heinrich George, and Dora Carrington. After him are Louise Weiss, Eugene Aynsley Goossens, Walter Donaldson, Georges Florovsky, Lajos Czeizler, and George Ohsawa. Among people deceased in 1954, Lucien Tesnière ranks 73. Before him are Pat McDonald, Henri Laurens, Hugo Eckener, Frans G. Bengtsson, Robert H. Jackson, and Samuel Jones. After him are Saburō Kurusu, Yehuda Ashlag, Rudolf Beran, Emil Leon Post, Theodor Kaluza, and Joachim Lemelsen.

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In France

Among people born in France, Lucien Tesnière ranks 3,095 out of 6,770. Before him are Pierre Wantzel (1814), Jean-François de La Harpe (1739), Rudolph, Duke of Lorraine (1320), Laurent Cassegrain (1629), Othon Friesz (1879), and Louise Julie de Mailly-Nesle (1710). After him are André Caplet (1878), Jacques Boucher de Crèvecœur de Perthes (1788), Georges Lautner (1926), George Onslow (1784), Claude François de Malet (1754), and Lucien Quélet (1832).

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Among LINGUISTS In France

Among linguists born in France, Lucien Tesnière ranks 8. Before him are Antoine Meillet (1866), Alexandre de Rhodes (1591), André Martinet (1908), Louis de Beaufront (1855), Émile Littré (1801), and Anne Dacier (1645). After him are Louis Duchesne (1843), Sylvain Lévi (1863), Gaston Waringhien (1901), and Arsène Darmesteter (1846).

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