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Émile Benveniste

1902 - 1976

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Émile Benveniste (French: [emil bɛ̃venist]; 27 May 1902 – 3 October 1976) was a French structural linguist and semiotician. He is best known for his work on Indo-European languages and his critical reformulation of the linguistic paradigm established by Ferdinand de Saussure. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Émile Benveniste is the 765th most popular religious figure (down from 706th in 2019), the 43rd most popular biography from Syria (down from 34th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Syrian Religious Figure.

Émile Benveniste is most famous for his work on the linguistic study of the Indo-European languages.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Émile Benveniste ranks 765 out of 3,187. Before him are Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria, Victor of Aveyron, Albert of Brandenburg, Nicolaus Zinzendorf, Swami Sri Yukteswar Giri, and Leonardo Sandri. After him are Ananias of Damascus, Nikephoros I of Constantinople, Antipope John XVI, Gregory Thaumaturgus, Expeditus, and Menachem Mendel Schneerson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1902, Émile Benveniste ranks 38. Before him are Ray Kroc, Arne Jacobsen, Juscelino Kubitschek, Theodore Schultz, Reinhard Gehlen, and Alexandre Kojève. After him are Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque, Menachem Mendel Schneerson, Günther Anders, Princess Mafalda of Savoy, Harold Lasswell, and Alexander Luria. Among people deceased in 1976, Émile Benveniste ranks 35. Before him are Alexander Calder, Anneliese Michel, Zhu De, Rudolf Bultmann, Choe Yong-gon, and Juscelino Kubitschek. After him are George Whipple, Tove Ditlevsen, Benjamin Graham, João Goulart, René Cassin, and Andrei Grechko.

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In Syria

Among people born in Syria, Émile Benveniste ranks 43 out of 210. Before him are Odaenathus (220), Nureddin al-Atassi (1929), Yazid III (701), Romanos the Melodist (490), Heliodorus of Emesa (250), and Julia Soaemias (180). After him are Ananias of Damascus (100), Duqaq (1100), Mariam al-Asturlabi (950), Abu'l-Fida (1273), Levon Ter-Petrosyan (1945), and Julia Avita Mamaea (180).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Syria

Among religious figures born in Syria, Émile Benveniste ranks 6. Before him are Pope Gregory III (700), Pope Anicetus (70), John Climacus (579), Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya (1292), and Romanos the Melodist (490). After him are Ananias of Damascus (100), Maron (301), Apollinaris of Laodicea (310), Sophronius of Jerusalem (560), Youssef Absi (1946), and Gregory Peter XX Ghabroyan (1934).

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