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Michel Bréal

1832 - 1915

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Michel Jules Alfred Bréal (French: [miʃɛl bʁeal]; 26 March 1832 – 25 November 1915), French philologist, was born at Landau in Rhenish Palatinate. He is often identified as a founder of modern semantics. He was also the creator of the modern marathon race, having proposed its first running at the 1896 Olympic Games and offered what would become known as Breal's Silver Cup to the winner. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Michel Bréal is the 39th most popular linguist (down from 32nd in 2019), the 1,367th most popular biography from Germany (down from 1,055th in 2019) and the 9th most popular German Linguist.

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Among LINGUISTS

Among linguists, Michel Bréal ranks 39 out of 214. Before him are Bedřich Hrozný, Louis Hjelmslev, Georg Friedrich Grotefend, Nicholas Marr, Benjamin Lee Whorf, and Friedrich August Wolf. After him are Vasily Radlov, Alexandre de Rhodes, Boris Kolker, Joseph Greenberg, Joshua Fishman, and André Martinet.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1832, Michel Bréal ranks 27. Before him are Jules Ferry, Osman Nuri Pasha, Felice Beato, Alfred von Waldersee, Émile Gaboriau, and Wilhelm Busch. After him are Louis Paul Cailletet, William Le Baron Jenney, Nikolay Pavlovich Ignatyev, Henry Steel Olcott, Infanta Luisa Fernanda, Duchess of Montpensier, and Hudson Taylor. Among people deceased in 1915, Michel Bréal ranks 18. Before him are Wilhelm Windelband, Arthur Auwers, Émile Waldteufel, Sergei Taneyev, Anthony Wilding, and Armand Peugeot. After him are Joe Hill, Anton von Werner, Karl Goldmark, Archduke Ferdinand Karl of Austria, William Wallace Denslow, and Saitō Hajime.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Michel Bréal ranks 1,367 out of 7,253. Before him are Franz Gürtner (1881), George, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach (1484), Ernst Zermelo (1871), Carl Schuhmann (1869), Charles Alexander, Duke of Württemberg (1684), and Walter Christaller (1893). After him are Frederick II, Elector of Brandenburg (1413), Prince August Wilhelm of Prussia (1887), Max Hoffmann (1869), Gerda Christian (1913), Hans Baur (1897), and Bernt Notke (1435).

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Among LINGUISTS In Germany

Among linguists born in Germany, Michel Bréal ranks 9. Before him are Jost Gippert (1956), August Schleicher (1821), Johann Martin Schleyer (1831), Johann Christoph Adelung (1732), Georg Friedrich Grotefend (1775), and Friedrich August Wolf (1759). After him are Vasily Radlov (1837), Hermann Paul (1846), Hugo Schuchardt (1842), Karl Lachmann (1793), Karl Brugmann (1849), and August Leskien (1840).

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