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Sándor Kőrösi Csoma

1784 - 1842

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Sándor Csoma de Kőrös (Hungarian: [ˈʃaːndor ˈkøːrøʃi ˈt͡ʃomɒ]; born Sándor Csoma; 27 March 1784/8 – 11 April 1842) was a Hungarian philologist and Orientalist, author of the first Tibetan–English dictionary and grammar book. He was called Phyi-glin-gi-grwa-pa in Tibetan, meaning "the foreign pupil", and was declared a bosatsu or bodhisattva by the Japanese in 1933. He was born in Kőrös, Grand Principality of Transylvania (today part of Covasna, Romania). His birth date is often given as 4 April, although this is actually his baptism day and the year of his birth is debated by some authors who put it at 1787 or 1788 rather than 1784. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Sándor Kőrösi Csoma is the 56th most popular linguist (up from 60th in 2019), the 118th most popular biography from Romania (up from 137th in 2019) and the most popular Romanian Linguist.

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Among LINGUISTS

Among linguists, Sándor Kőrösi Csoma ranks 56 out of 214. Before him are Tuone Udaina, Hermann Paul, Renato Corsetti, Vilhelm Thomsen, Hugo Schuchardt, and William Labov. After him are Hesychius of Alexandria, Charles Bally, Matthias Castrén, George Lakoff, Josef Dobrovský, and Karl Lachmann.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1784, Sándor Kőrösi Csoma ranks 28. Before him are George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen, Dionisio Aguado y García, Ferdinand Ries, Fructuoso Rivera, Moses Montefiore, and Louise Lehzen. After him are Thomas Robert Bugeaud, Friedrich Graf von Wrangel, William Buckland, George William, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe, François-Joseph Fétis, and Duke George of Oldenburg. Among people deceased in 1842, Sándor Kőrösi Csoma ranks 20. Before him are José de Espronceda, Dominique Jean Larrey, Pierre Cambronne, Charles Bell, Paul Frederick, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, and Francisco Morazán. After him are Pierre Joseph Pelletier, Wojciech Żywny, Carlo Andrea Pozzo di Borgo, Nodira, Giuseppe Benedetto Cottolengo, and Letitia Christian Tyler.

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In Romania

Among people born in Romania, Sándor Kőrösi Csoma ranks 118 out of 844. Before him are Farkas Bolyai (1775), Vlad Călugărul (1425), Abraham Wald (1902), Constantin Brâncoveanu (1654), Marcel Janco (1895), and Ion Mihai Pacepa (1928). After him are Angelica Rozeanu (1921), Ion Luca Caragiale (1852), Armand Călinescu (1893), Aureolus (220), Basarab the Old (null), and Lajos Zilahy (1891).

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Among LINGUISTS In Romania

Among linguists born in Romania, Sándor Kőrösi Csoma ranks 1. 

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