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Sture Allén

1928 - 2022

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Sture Allén (31 December 1928 – 20 June 2022) was a Swedish professor of computational linguistics at the University of Gothenburg, who was the permanent secretary of the Swedish Academy between 1986 and 1999. Born in Gothenburg, he was elected to chair 3 of the Swedish Academy in 1980. He was also a member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters and the Finnish Society of Sciences and Letters. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Sture Allén is the 195th most popular linguist (down from 192nd in 2019), the 1,056th most popular biography from Sweden (down from 1,054th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Swedish Linguist.

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Among LINGUISTS

Among linguists, Sture Allén ranks 195 out of 214. Before him are Helmut Rix, Vladislav Illich-Svitych, Daniel Everett, John Eliot, John Rupert Firth, and Geoffrey Hull. After him are Bo Ralph, Viktor Vinogradov, Monier Monier-Williams, Rogier Blokland, Charles F. Hockett, and Ivan Yakovlev.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1928, Sture Allén ranks 512. Before him are Jerome Biffle, Ivan Kizimov, Fatima Meer, Richard M. Sherman, Türkân Akyol, and Garry Winogrand. After him are Elizabeth F. Neufeld, Rudolf Plyukfelder, Gino Munaron, Mirza Tahir Ahmad, Russell Mockridge, and Douglas Rain. Among people deceased in 2022, Sture Allén ranks 539. Before him are Jose Maria Sison, Zbigniew Namysłowski, Judith Durham, Yury Zaitsev, Jeroen Brouwers, and Sergio Brighenti. After him are Alice von Hildebrand, Józef Zapędzki, John McNally, Erhard Busek, Django Sissoko, and Fabián O'Neill.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Sture Allén ranks 1,056 out of 1,879. Before him are Fredrik Backman (1981), Eric Carlberg (1880), Mercedes Mason (1982), Folke Rogard (1899), Osvald Moberg (1888), and Bertil Roos (1943). After him are Knut Torell (1885), Bo Ralph (1945), Stefan Pettersson (1963), Gun Röring (1930), Anita Skorgan (1958), and Sebastian Larsson (1985).

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Among LINGUISTS In Sweden

Among linguists born in Sweden, Sture Allén ranks 3. Before him are Bernhard Karlgren (1889), and Göran Malmqvist (1924). After him are Bo Ralph (1945).

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