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Max Müller

1823 - 1900

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Friedrich Max Müller (German: [ˈfʁiːdʁɪç ˈmaks ˈmʏlɐ]; 6 December 1823 – 28 October 1900) was a German-born British comparative philologist and Orientalist. He was one of the founders of the Western academic disciplines of Indology and religious studies. Müller wrote both scholarly and popular works on the subject of Indology. He directed the preparation of the Sacred Books of the East, a 50-volume set of English translations which continued after his death. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Max Müller is the 6th most popular linguist (down from 3rd in 2019), the 137th most popular biography from Germany (up from 140th in 2019) and the most popular German Linguist.

Max Müller was a German philologist and orientalist who is most famous for his contributions to the field of comparative linguistics.

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Among LINGUISTS

Among linguists, Max Müller ranks 6 out of 214. Before him are Ferdinand de Saussure, Edgar de Wahl, Pāṇini, Patanjali, and Noam Chomsky. After him are William James Sidis, Noah Webster, Mahmud al-Kashgari, Roman Jakobson, Mesrop Mashtots, and Rasmus Rask.

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Among people born in 1823, Max Müller ranks 1. After him are Abdulmejid I, Phineas Gage, Alfred Russel Wallace, Gyula Andrássy, Ernest Renan, Sándor Petőfi, Prince Alexander of Hesse and by Rhine, Leopold Kronecker, Édouard Lalo, Alexandre Cabanel, and Li Hongzhang. Among people deceased in 1900, Max Müller ranks 5. Before him are Friedrich Nietzsche, Oscar Wilde, Gottlieb Daimler, and Wilhelm Steinitz. After him are Umberto I of Italy, Ivan Aivazovsky, John Ruskin, Vladimir Solovyov, Étienne Lenoir, Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, and John Sherman.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Max Müller ranks 137 out of 7,253. Before him are August Kekulé (1829), Carl Maria von Weber (1786), Frederick III, German Emperor (1831), Carl von Clausewitz (1780), Novalis (1772), and Heinrich Böll (1917). After him are Erik Erikson (1902), Henry the Fowler (876), Otto III, Holy Roman Emperor (980), Adolf Windaus (1876), Leopold I of Belgium (1790), and Ernst Chain (1906).

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Among LINGUISTS In Germany

Among linguists born in Germany, Max Müller ranks 1. After him are Franz Bopp (1791), Jost Gippert (1956), 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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