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Sophus Bugge

1833 - 1907

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Elseus Sophus Bugge (5 January 1833 – 8 July 1907) was a Norwegian philologist and linguist. His scholarly work was directed to the study of runic inscriptions and Norse philology. Bugge is best known for his theories and his work on the runic alphabet and the Poetic Edda and Prose Edda. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Sophus Bugge is the 203rd most popular linguist (down from 202nd in 2019), the 500th most popular biography from Norway (up from 546th in 2019) and the most popular Norwegian Linguist.

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Among LINGUISTS

Among linguists, Sophus Bugge ranks 203 out of 214. Before him are Viktor Vinogradov, Monier Monier-Williams, Rogier Blokland, Charles F. Hockett, Ivan Yakovlev, and Rudolf Thurneysen. After him are Georg Bühler, Dmitry Ushakov, Lyle Campbell, Mary Haas, Johan Ludvig Heiberg, and Einar Haugen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1833, Sophus Bugge ranks 87. Before him are Antonio Flores Jijón, Duncan Stewart, Melville Fuller, Luis Cordero Crespo, Josipina Turnograjska, and Edwin Booth. After him is J. Donald Cameron. Among people deceased in 1907, Sophus Bugge ranks 100. Before him are Maxwell T. Masters, Thomas Bailey Aldrich, Mariano Baptista, Frederic Moore, Garrett Serviss, and Macario Sakay. After him are Augustus Saint-Gaudens, and Russell A. Alger.

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In Norway

Among people born in Norway, Sophus Bugge ranks 500 out of 1,039. Before him are Jacob Opdahl (1894), Øivind Holmsen (1912), Carl I. Hagen (1944), Roy Khan (1970), Johann Olav Koss (1968), and Lene Marlin (1980). After him are Bjarne Johnsen (1892), Thomas Thorstensen (1880), Thomas Alsgaard (1972), Odd Frantzen (1913), Daniel Cornelius Danielssen (1815), and Ane Brun (1976).

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Among LINGUISTS In Norway

Among linguists born in Norway, Sophus Bugge ranks 1. 

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