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Milena Hübschmannová

1933 - 2005

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Milena Hübschmannová (1933-2005) was a Czech professor of Romani studies at Charles University of Prague. She was one of the leading experts on Romani society and culture, as well as Romani language. She founded the academic study program on the Roma at Charles University and actively opposed their assimilation into the greater culture. She wrote a Romani-Czech and Czech-Romani dictionary and collected many of the stories of the Roma, translating them for posterity. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Milena Hübschmannová is the 114th most popular linguist (up from 194th in 2019), the 463rd most popular biography from Czechia (up from 744th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Czech Linguist.

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Among LINGUISTS

Among linguists, Milena Hübschmannová ranks 114 out of 214. Before her are August Immanuel Bekker, Kunio Yanagita, Albert Sechehaye, Stephen Krashen, Nakahama Manjirō, and John Chadwick. After her are John Florio, George Abraham Grierson, Eugen Wüster, George Kingsley Zipf, Arnold Chikobava, and Louis Duchesne.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1933, Milena Hübschmannová ranks 253. Before her are Jiří Tichý, Ray Dolby, Ruth Arnon, Vassilis Vassilikos, Haruo Remeliik, and Mark Jones. After her are Nicolae Rainea, Ela Bhatt, Gene Kranz, Elly Ameling, Evaristo de Macedo, and Ilya Kabakov. Among people deceased in 2005, Milena Hübschmannová ranks 162. Before her are Lajos Baróti, Laurel Aitken, Kevin Hagen, Rong Yiren, Philip Morrison, and Milorad Pavić. After her are André Waterkeyn, Hans Clarin, Saunders Mac Lane, Zainab al Ghazali, Jesús Moncada, and Charles David Keeling.

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In Czechia

Among people born in Czechia, Milena Hübschmannová ranks 463 out of 1,200. Before her are Václav Brožík (1851), Jan Werich (1906), Jiří Tichý (1933), Yehuda Bauer (1926), Helena Suková (1965), and Karel Lamač (1897). After her are Vladimír Špidla (1951), Ludvík Daněk (1937), Karel Roden (1962), Václav Hanka (1791), Eugen Sänger (1905), and Vilém Blodek (1834).

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Among LINGUISTS In Czechia

Among linguists born in Czechia, Milena Hübschmannová ranks 4. Before her are Bedřich Hrozný (1879), Vilém Mathesius (1882), and Jan Mukařovský (1891). After her are Julius Pokorny (1887).

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