LINGUIST

Monier Monier-Williams

1819 - 1899

Monier Monier-Williams

Sir Monier Monier-Williams (; né Williams; 12 November 1819 – 11 April 1899) was a British scholar who was the second Boden Professor of Sanskrit at Oxford University, England. He studied, documented and taught Asian languages, especially Sanskrit, Persian and Hindustani. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Monier Monier-Williams is the 198th most popular linguist (down from 181st in 2019), the 843rd most popular biography from India (down from 746th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Indian Linguist.

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Among LINGUISTS

Among linguists, Monier Monier-Williams ranks 198 out of 214. Before him are John Eliot, John Rupert Firth, Geoffrey Hull, Sture Allén, Bo Ralph, and Viktor Vinogradov. After him are Rogier Blokland, Charles F. Hockett, Ivan Yakovlev, Rudolf Thurneysen, Sophus Bugge, and Georg Bühler.

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HPI: 52.69
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HPI: 51.93
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HPI: 51.89
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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1819, Monier Monier-Williams ranks 97. Before him are William Muir, Alexandru G. Golescu, Alexander Melville Bell, Yuri Samarin, Martin Johnson Heade, and Yakov Polonsky. After him are William Rosecrans, Henry Tate, Samuel Brannan, and John W. Geary. Among people deceased in 1899, Monier Monier-Williams ranks 82. Before him are Carl Friedrich Wilhelm Claus, Karolina Světlá, Édouard Pailleron, Serafino Dubois, Kaʻiulani, and Karl Friedrich August Rammelsberg. After him are Oscar Baumann, Elliott Coues, Henry Tate, Kapiʻolani, and Henry Heth.

Others Born in 1819

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William Muir
WRITER
1819 - 1905
HPI: 54.45
Rank: 91
Alexandru G. Golescu
POLITICIAN
1819 - 1881
HPI: 54.19
Rank: 92
Alexander Melville Bell
LINGUIST
1819 - 1905
HPI: 53.68
Rank: 93
Yuri Samarin
WRITER
1819 - 1876
HPI: 53.64
Rank: 94
Martin Johnson Heade
PAINTER
1819 - 1904
HPI: 53.29
Rank: 95
Yakov Polonsky
WRITER
1819 - 1898
HPI: 53.06
Rank: 96
Monier Monier-Williams
LINGUIST
1819 - 1899
HPI: 52.69
Rank: 97
William Rosecrans
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1819 - 1898
HPI: 52.37
Rank: 98
Henry Tate
BUSINESSPERSON
1819 - 1899
HPI: 51.55
Rank: 99
Samuel Brannan
BUSINESSPERSON
1819 - 1889
HPI: 50.64
Rank: 100
John W. Geary
POLITICIAN
1819 - 1873
HPI: 48.79
Rank: 101

Others Deceased in 1899

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Carl Friedrich Wilhelm Claus
BIOLOGIST
1835 - 1899
HPI: 55.53
Rank: 76
Karolina Světlá
WRITER
1830 - 1899
HPI: 55.11
Rank: 77
Édouard Pailleron
WRITER
1834 - 1899
HPI: 55.00
Rank: 78
Serafino Dubois
CHESS PLAYER
1817 - 1899
HPI: 54.22
Rank: 79
Kaʻiulani
NOBLEMAN
1875 - 1899
HPI: 53.90
Rank: 80
Karl Friedrich August Rammelsberg
CHEMIST
1813 - 1899
HPI: 53.87
Rank: 81
Monier Monier-Williams
LINGUIST
1819 - 1899
HPI: 52.69
Rank: 82
Oscar Baumann
EXPLORER
1864 - 1899
HPI: 52.34
Rank: 83
Elliott Coues
BIOLOGIST
1842 - 1899
HPI: 51.86
Rank: 84
Henry Tate
BUSINESSPERSON
1819 - 1899
HPI: 51.55
Rank: 85
Kapiʻolani
NOBLEMAN
1834 - 1899
HPI: 49.45
Rank: 86
Henry Heth
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1825 - 1899
HPI: 48.46
Rank: 87