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Rudolf Thurneysen

1857 - 1940

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Eduard Rudolf Thurneysen (14 March 1857 – 9 August 1940) was a Swiss linguist and Celticist. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Rudolf Thurneysen is the 202nd most popular linguist (up from 208th in 2019), the 656th most popular biography from Switzerland (up from 729th in 2019) and the 8th most popular Swiss Linguist.

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Among LINGUISTS

Among linguists, Rudolf Thurneysen ranks 202 out of 214Before him are Bo Ralph, Viktor Vinogradov, Monier Monier-Williams, Rogier Blokland, Charles F. Hockett, and Ivan Yakovlev. After him are Sophus Bugge, Georg Bühler, Dmitry Ushakov, Lyle Campbell, Mary Haas, and Johan Ludvig Heiberg.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1857, Rudolf Thurneysen ranks 133Before him are Frank J. Sprague, Michael Pedersen Friis, David Prain, Max Weiss, Edward Henry Potthast, and Charles B. Cory. After him are Arthur Wesley Dow, Gertrude Atherton, Alice Stone Blackwell, and Alfred Lyttelton. Among people deceased in 1940, Rudolf Thurneysen ranks 191Before him are Agnes von Krusenstjerna, Johnny Dodds, Charles Stanton Ogle, Diana Karenne, Eugenie Schwarzwald, and Tomasz Stankiewicz. After him are Frederick Merriman, Flora Finch, Gregorio Aglipay, Lillian Wald, George Lansbury, and Michael Joseph Savage.

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In Switzerland

Among people born in Switzerland, Rudolf Thurneysen ranks 656 out of 1,015Before him are Maria Walliser (1963), Gökhan Inler (1984), Lukas Ammann (1912), Daniel Mojon (1963), Emmanuel Pahud (1970), and Peter Müller (1957). After him are Uri Rosenthal (1945), Eren Derdiyok (1988), Urs Zimmermann (1959), Kurt Schmid (1932), Barış Arduç (1987), and Franco Forini (1958).

Among LINGUISTS In Switzerland

Among linguists born in Switzerland, Rudolf Thurneysen ranks 8Before him are Charles Bally (1865), Wilhelm Meyer-Lübke (1861), Jules Gilliéron (1854), Albert Sechehaye (1870), Walther von Wartburg (1888), and Heinrich Schmid (1921).