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Sylvain Lévi

1863 - 1935

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Sylvain Lévi (French pronunciation: [silvɛ̃ levi]; March 28, 1863 – October 30, 1935) was an influential French intellectual and author whose specialities were oriental studies and India. He taught Sanskrit and Indian religions at the École pratique des hautes études in Paris, France. One of his notable students was Paul Pelliot. Lévi's book Théâtre Indien is an important work on the subject of Indian performance art, and Lévi also conducted some of the earliest analysis of Tokharian fragments discovered in Western China. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Sylvain Lévi is the 137th most popular linguist (up from 149th in 2019), the 4,102nd most popular biography from France (up from 4,372nd in 2019) and the 10th most popular French Linguist.

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Among LINGUISTS

Among linguists, Sylvain Lévi ranks 137 out of 214. Before him are James Legge, Aleksander Brückner, Vasily Abaev, Hermann Osthoff, Alexander Potebnja, and Julius Pokorny. After him are Vladimir Toporov, Gerhard Rohlfs, Friedrich von Adelung, Giuliano Bonfante, Yuen Ren Chao, and Johan Nicolai Madvig.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1863, Sylvain Lévi ranks 127. Before him are Periklis Pierrakos-Mavromichalis, Jamil Sidqi al-Zahawi, Alexander Serafimovich, János Hadik, Aleko Konstantinov, and Aurel Popovici. After him are George Henry Peters, Jean-Baptiste Marchand, Gottlieb von Jagow, Arno Holz, Zabel Sibil Asadour, and Rūdolfs Blaumanis. Among people deceased in 1935, Sylvain Lévi ranks 111. Before him are Tsubouchi Shōyō, Emil Młynarski, Daniel Salamanca Urey, Hans Baluschek, Heinrich Schenker, and Julia Beck. After him are Gottlieb von Jagow, Childe Hassam, Tryggvi Þórhallsson, Will Rogers, Harald Sohlberg, and Milman Parry.

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In France

Among people born in France, Sylvain Lévi ranks 4,102 out of 6,770. Before him are François de Troy (1645), Caroline Rémy de Guebhard (1855), Pierre Marie (1853), Philibert of Jumièges (608), Nicaise Auguste Desvaux (1784), and Catherine Cesarsky (1943). After him are Blaise Matuidi (1987), Jacques Vallée (1939), Louis Hostin (1908), Wolfgang Windgassen (1914), Louise-Victorine Ackermann (1813), and Serge Bourguignon (1928).

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Among LINGUISTS In France

Among linguists born in France, Sylvain Lévi ranks 10. Before him are André Martinet (1908), Louis de Beaufront (1855), Émile Littré (1801), Anne Dacier (1645), Lucien Tesnière (1893), and Louis Duchesne (1843). After him are Gaston Waringhien (1901), and Arsène Darmesteter (1846).

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