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Nicholas Marr

1864 - 1934

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Nikolai Yakovlevich Marr (Никола́й Я́ковлевич Марр, Nikolay Yakovlevich Marr; ნიკოლოზ იაკობის ძე მარი, Nikoloz Iak'obis dze Mari; 6 January 1865 [O.S. 25 December 1864] — 20 December 1934) was a Georgian-born historian and linguist who gained a reputation as a scholar of the Caucasus during the 1910s before embarking on his "Japhetic theory" on the origin of language (from 1924), now considered as pseudo-scientific, and related speculative linguistic hypotheses. Marr's hypotheses were used as a rationale in the campaign during the 1920–30s in the Soviet Union of introduction of Latin alphabets for smaller ethnicities of the country. In 1950, the "Japhetic theory" fell from official favour, with Joseph Stalin denouncing it as anti-Marxist. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Nicholas Marr is the 36th most popular linguist (down from 31st in 2019), the 32nd most popular biography from Georgia (down from 31st in 2019) and the most popular Georgian Linguist.

Nicholas Marr was a biologist who discovered that there are two types of blood cells in the human body. He found that the red blood cells are round and have no nucleus, while the white blood cells are shaped like a doughnut and have a nucleus.

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Among LINGUISTS

Among linguists, Nicholas Marr ranks 36 out of 214. Before him are Pompeu Fabra, Nikolai Trubetzkoy, Ignác Goldziher, Bedřich Hrozný, Louis Hjelmslev, and Georg Friedrich Grotefend. After him are Benjamin Lee Whorf, Friedrich August Wolf, Michel Bréal, Vasily Radlov, Alexandre de Rhodes, and Boris Kolker.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1864, Nicholas Marr ranks 40. Before him are Dmitri Ivanovsky, Li Yuanhong, Alfred Redl, Leonard Hobhouse, Robert Cecil, 1st Viscount Cecil of Chelwood, and Soh Jaipil. After him are Johan Halvorsen, Andrej Hlinka, Draga Mašin, Franz Oppenheimer, Reginald Dyer, and Séraphine Louis. Among people deceased in 1934, Nicholas Marr ranks 38. Before him are Hans Hahn, Carl von Linde, Gustav Ritter von Kahr, Pietro Gasparri, Vlado Chernozemski, and Andrei Bely. After him are Hayim Nahman Bialik, Paul Ulrich Villard, Hakaru Hashimoto, Jakob Wassermann, Alexander von Kluck, and Hermann Bahr.

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In Georgia

Among people born in Georgia, Nicholas Marr ranks 32 out of 406. Before him are Bidzina Ivanishvili (1956), Bagrat III of Georgia (960), Herbert Backe (1896), Nakşidil Sultan (1768), Besarion Jughashvili (1850), and Ilia Chavchavadze (1837). After him are George III of Georgia (1200), Mirian III of Iberia (265), Victor Ambartsumian (1908), Grand Duke Alexander Mikhailovich of Russia (1866), Otar Iosseliani (1934), and Heraclius II of Georgia (1720).

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Among LINGUISTS In Georgia

Among linguists born in Georgia, Nicholas Marr ranks 1. After him are Tamaz V. Gamkrelidze (1929), Arnold Chikobava (1898), and Vasily Abaev (1900).

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