LINGUIST

Vilém Mathesius

1882 - 1945

Photo of Vilém Mathesius

Icon of person Vilém Mathesius

Vilém Mathesius (Czech pronunciation: [ˈvɪlɛːm ˈmatɛːzɪjus], 3 August 1882 – 12 April 1945) was a Czech linguist, literary historian and co-founder of the Prague Linguistic Circle. He is considered one of the founders of structural functionalism in linguistics. Mathesius was the editor-in-chief of two linguistic journals, Travaux du Cercle Linguistique de Prague (“Works of the Prague Linguistic Circle”) and Slovo a slovesnost ("Word and Verbal Art"), and the co-founder of a third, Nové Athenaeum. His extensive publications in these journals and elsewhere cover a range of topics, including the history of English literature, syntax, Czech stylistics, and cultural activism. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Vilém Mathesius is the 63rd most popular linguist (down from 62nd in 2019), the 252nd most popular biography from Czechia (up from 262nd in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Czech Linguist.

Memorability Metrics

Loading...

Page views of Vilém Mathesius by language

Loading...

Among LINGUISTS

Among linguists, Vilém Mathesius ranks 63 out of 214. Before him are Hesychius of Alexandria, Charles Bally, Matthias Castrén, George Lakoff, Josef Dobrovský, and Karl Lachmann. After him are Karl Brugmann, August Leskien, Johannes Aavik, Claude Piron, Vatroslav Jagić, and Tamaz V. Gamkrelidze.

Most Popular Linguists in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1882, Vilém Mathesius ranks 99. Before him are Gian Francesco Malipiero, Harold Lowe, Archduchess Maria Anna of Austria, David Burliuk, Adolphus Frederick VI, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, and Takenoshin Nakai. After him are Ladislas Starevich, Song Jiaoren, Donald Crisp, Jess McMahon, Emma Jung, and Maximiliano Hernández Martínez. Among people deceased in 1945, Vilém Mathesius ranks 145. Before him are Otto Kittel, Korechika Anami, Zinaida Gippius, Walther Hewel, Dwight F. Davis, and Gerhard Schmidhuber. After him are Nikolai Berzarin, Alfréd Schaffer, Avgustyn Voloshyn, Karl Fritzsch, Leonardo Conti, and Mile Budak.

Others Born in 1882

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Others Deceased in 1945

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

In Czechia

Among people born in Czechia, Vilém Mathesius ranks 252 out of 1,200. Before him are Vladimír Menšík (1929), Franz Xaver Richter (1709), Erwin Schulhoff (1894), Alois Lexa von Aehrenthal (1854), Petr Ginz (1928), and Johannes Widmann (1460). After him are Antonín Mrkos (1918), Soběslav I, Duke of Bohemia (1075), Jan Fischer (1951), Karel Svoboda (1938), Margrave Andrew of Burgau (1558), and Josef Kadraba (1933).

Others born in Czechia

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Among LINGUISTS In Czechia

Among linguists born in Czechia, Vilém Mathesius ranks 2. Before him are Bedřich Hrozný (1879). After him are Jan Mukařovský (1891), Milena Hübschmannová (1933), and Julius Pokorny (1887).

Czech born Linguists

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous