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Émile Littré

1801 - 1881

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Émile Maximilien Paul Littré (French: [emil maksimiljɛ̃ pɔl litʁe]; 1 February 1801 – 2 June 1881) was a French lexicographer, freemason and philosopher, best known for his Dictionnaire de la langue française, commonly called le Littré. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Émile Littré is the 73rd most popular linguist, the 2,686th most popular biography from France (up from 2,722nd in 2019) and the 6th most popular French Linguist.

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Among LINGUISTS

Among linguists, Émile Littré ranks 73 out of 214. Before him are Claude Piron, Vatroslav Jagić, Tamaz V. Gamkrelidze, Friedrich Christian Diez, Paul Ariste, and Abu al-Aswad al-Du'ali. After him are Alexander Gode, Ramón Menéndez Pidal, Carl Brockelmann, Đuro Daničić, Vasili Eroshenko, and Robert Morrison.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1801, Émile Littré ranks 40. Before him are Karl Baedeker, Johann Nestroy, Salvadore Cammarano, Adolphe-Théodore Brongniart, Richard Parkes Bonington, and Carl Jakob Sundevall. After him are Henri Labrouste, Vincenzo Gioberti, Armand Trousseau, Constantine, Prince of Hohenzollern-Hechingen, Marie Laveau, and Georgios Koletis. Among people deceased in 1881, Émile Littré ranks 45. Before him are Nikolai Kibalchich, Joseph Škoda, Princess Caroline of Denmark, Jules Armand Dufaure, Ignacy Hryniewiecki, and Duke Alexander of Württemberg. After him are Elisabeth Jerichau-Baumann, Marie Laveau, Johann Kaspar Bluntschli, Nikolay Muravyov-Amursky, Karl Weyprecht, and Jacques-Nicolas Lemmens.

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In France

Among people born in France, Émile Littré ranks 2,686 out of 6,770. Before him are Jean-Luc Marion (1946), Judoc (600), Claude Gillot (1673), Alexandre Deschapelles (1780), Bonne of Artois (1396), and Pierre Alexis Ponson du Terrail (1829). After him are Abraham Bosse (1604), Pierre Séguier (1588), Adam Philippe, Comte de Custine (1740), Jacques Loussier (1934), Michel Constantin (1924), and Charles de Bourbon (1523).

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Among LINGUISTS In France

Among linguists born in France, Émile Littré ranks 6. Before him are Georges Dumézil (1898), Antoine Meillet (1866), Alexandre de Rhodes (1591), André Martinet (1908), and Louis de Beaufront (1855). After him are Anne Dacier (1645), Lucien Tesnière (1893), Louis Duchesne (1843), Sylvain Lévi (1863), Gaston Waringhien (1901), and Arsène Darmesteter (1846).

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