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Vasily Radlov

1837 - 1918

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Vasily Vasilievich Radlov or Friedrich Wilhelm Radloff (Russian: Васи́лий Васи́льевич Ра́длов; 17 January [O.S. 5 January] 1837 in Berlin – 12 May 1918 in Petrograd) was a German-Russian linguist, ethnographer, and archaeologist, often considered to be the founder of Turkology, the scientific study of Turkic peoples. According to Turkologist Johan Vandewalle, Radlov knew all of the Turkic languages and dialects as well as German, French, Russian, Greek, Latin, Manchu, Mongolian, Chinese, Arabic, Persian, and Hebrew. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Vasily Radlov is the 40th most popular linguist (down from 36th in 2019), the 1,377th most popular biography from Germany (down from 1,186th in 2019) and the 10th most popular German Linguist.

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Among LINGUISTS

Among linguists, Vasily Radlov ranks 40 out of 214. Before him are Louis Hjelmslev, Georg Friedrich Grotefend, Nicholas Marr, Benjamin Lee Whorf, Friedrich August Wolf, and Michel Bréal. After him are Alexandre de Rhodes, Boris Kolker, Joseph Greenberg, Joshua Fishman, André Martinet, and Jan Baudouin de Courtenay.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1837, Vasily Radlov ranks 33. Before him are Rosalía de Castro, Empress Dowager Ci'an, Émile Waldteufel, Francis, Duke of Teck, Stephanie of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, and Arnold Janssen. After him are Abraham Kuyper, Joseph Bell, Maria Domenica Mazzarello, Virginia Oldoini, Countess of Castiglione, Pierre Auguste Cot, and Georg Ebers. Among people deceased in 1918, Vasily Radlov ranks 56. Before him are Prince John Konstantinovich of Russia, Anna Dostoevskaya, Emil Jellinek, John Bauer, Daniel Burley Woolfall, and Victor Adler. After him are Mikhail Alekseyev, Princess Anna of Prussia, Stepan Shaumian, Sai Baba of Shirdi, Sidónio Pais, and Prince Erik, Duke of Västmanland.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Vasily Radlov ranks 1,377 out of 7,253. Before him are Gerda Christian (1913), Hans Baur (1897), Bernt Notke (1435), Sophia of Bavaria (1376), Maximilian de Beauharnais, 3rd Duke of Leuchtenberg (1817), and Samuel Scheidt (1587). After him are Erika Mann (1905), Wilhelm Stuckart (1902), Henry IV, Duke of Saxony (1473), Herschel Grynszpan (1921), Gerberga of Saxony (913), and Franz Seldte (1882).

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Among LINGUISTS In Germany

Among linguists born in Germany, Vasily Radlov ranks 10. Before him are August Schleicher (1821), Johann Martin Schleyer (1831), Johann Christoph Adelung (1732), Georg Friedrich Grotefend (1775), Friedrich August Wolf (1759), and Michel Bréal (1832). After him are Hermann Paul (1846), Hugo Schuchardt (1842), Karl Lachmann (1793), Karl Brugmann (1849), August Leskien (1840), and Friedrich Christian Diez (1794).

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