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Mary Boyce

1920 - 2006

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Nora Elisabeth Mary Boyce (2 August 1920 – 4 April 2006) was a British scholar of Iranian languages and an authority on Zoroastrianism. She was Professor of Iranian Studies at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) of the University of London. The Royal Asiatic Society's annual Boyce Prize for outstanding contributions to the study of religion is named after her. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Mary Boyce is the 149th most popular linguist (up from 151st in 2019), the 629th most popular biography from India (down from 618th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Indian Linguist.

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Among LINGUISTS

Among linguists, Mary Boyce ranks 149 out of 214. Before her are Johan Nicolai Madvig, Walther von Wartburg, János Sajnovics, Eduard Sievers, Gaston Waringhien, and Germà Colón. After her are Alexander Veselovsky, Nurit Peled-Elhanan, Friedrich Kluge, William Stokoe, Hermann Möller, and Marcus Zuerius van Boxhorn.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1920, Mary Boyce ranks 300. Before her are Gordon Gould, Fernando Riera, Liam Cosgrave, Constant Nieuwenhuys, Carlo Monti, and Jacques Noël. After her are Benoîte Groult, Fyodor Abramov, Dorothy Tyler-Odam, Gino Cappello, Clemar Bucci, and An Wang. Among people deceased in 2006, Mary Boyce ranks 249. Before her are Paul Arizin, Wolfgang Unzicker, Jaroslav Pelikan, Frank Beyer, Jimmy Johnstone, and Eugene Lazowski. After her are Savino Guglielmetti, Abdul-Halim Sadulayev, Annette Rogers, Hilde Domin, Konstantin Beskov, and Dana Reeve.

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In India

Among people born in India, Mary Boyce ranks 629 out of 1,861. Before her are Meira Kumar (1945), Bhagwan Das (1869), Mohammad Hamid Ansari (1937), Bhalchandra Nemade (1938), Abhijit Banerjee (1961), and Johnny Walker (1926). After her are S. P. Balasubrahmanyam (1946), Saif Ali Khan (1970), Saadat Hasan Manto (1912), Madhuri Dixit (1967), Abdul Sattar Edhi (1928), and Paddy Ashdown (1941).

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Among LINGUISTS In India

Among linguists born in India, Mary Boyce ranks 2. Before her are Patanjali (-200). After her are Monier Monier-Williams (1819).

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