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Mesrop Mashtots

361 - 440

Mesrop Mashtots

Mesrop Mashtots (; Armenian: Մեսրոպ Մաշտոց, romanized: Mesrop Maštoc' 362 – February 17, 440 AD) was an Armenian linguist, composer, theologian, statesman, and hymnologist. He is venerated as a saint in the Armenian Apostolic Church. He is best known for inventing the Armenian alphabet c. 405 AD, which was a fundamental step in strengthening Armenian national identity. He is also considered to be the creator of the Caucasian Albanian and, possibly, the Georgian script, though it is disputed. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Mesrop Mashtots is the 11th most popular linguist (down from 10th in 2019), the 160th most popular biography from Türkiye (down from 132nd in 2019) and the most popular Turkish Linguist.

Mesrop Mashtots is most famous for inventing the Armenian alphabet, which was the first alphabet to be created in the world.

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Among LINGUISTS

Among linguists, Mesrop Mashtots ranks 11 out of 214. Before him are Noam Chomsky, Max Müller, William James Sidis, Noah Webster, Mahmud al-Kashgari, and Roman Jakobson. After him are Rasmus Rask, Leonard Bloomfield, Franz Bopp, Eliezer Ben-Yehuda, Jost Gippert, and August Schleicher.

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HPI: 79.01
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Mahmud al-Kashgari
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Roman Jakobson
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Mesrop Mashtots
361 - 440
HPI: 75.17
Rank: 11
Rasmus Rask
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HPI: 75.04
Rank: 12
Leonard Bloomfield
1887 - 1949
HPI: 74.58
Rank: 13
Franz Bopp
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1858 - 1922
HPI: 72.93
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Jost Gippert
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August Schleicher
1821 - 1868
HPI: 71.80
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Contemporaries

Among people born in 361, Mesrop Mashtots ranks 1. After him is Flavia Maxima Constantia. Among people deceased in 440, Mesrop Mashtots ranks 2. Before him is Pope Sixtus III. After him are Socrates of Constantinople, and Isidore of Pelusium.