langs: 22 января [ru] / january 22 [en] / 22. januar [de] / 22 janvier [fr] / 22 gennaio [it] / 22 de enero [es]
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#1 Quipu
Quipu (also spelled khipu ) are recording devices fashioned from strings historically used by a number of cultures in the region of Andean South America . [1] Inca recording system using knotted string For the Quipu X.500 Directory System, see Quipu Directory . See also: Mathematics of the Incas Qui
Snježana Kordić ( pronounced [sɲěʒana kôːrditɕ] ( listen ) ; born 29 October 1964) [1] is a Croatian linguist . [3] In addition to her work in syntax , she has written on sociolinguistics . [2] Kordić is known among non-specialists for numerous articles against the puristic and prescriptive langua
John Ronald Reuel Tolkien CBE FRSL ( / ˈ r uː l ˈ t ɒ l k iː n / , ROOL TOL -keen ; [lower-alpha 1] 3 January 1892 – 2 September 1973) was an English writer, poet, philologist , and academic, best known as the author of the high fantasy works The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings . English philologis
Ilya Valeryevich Kormiltsev ( Russian : Илья́ Вале́рьевич Корми́льцев , b. September 26, 1959, Sverdlovsk , USSR - d. February 4, 2007, London, UK ) was a Russian poet , translator, and publisher. Kormiltsev is most famous for working during the 1980s and the 1990s as a songwriter in Nautilus Pompil
Giovanni Raboni (22 January 1932 – 16 September 2004) was an Italian poet , translator and literary critic. Italian poet Giovanni Raboni Born ( 1932-01-22 ) January 22, 1932 Milan , Italy Died September 16, 2004 (2004-09-16) (aged 72) Parma , Italy Resting place Monumental Cemetery of Milan Occupa
John Anthony Burgess Wilson , FRSL ( / ˈ b ɜːr dʒ ə s / ; [2] 25 February 1917 – 22 November 1993), who published under the name Anthony Burgess , was an English writer and composer. English writer and composer (1917–1993) For the Roman Catholic bishop, see Anthony Joseph Burgess . For the 17th-ce
Johann Philipp Fabricius (22 January 1711 – 23 January 1791) was a German Christian missionary and a Tamil scholar in the later part of his life. He arrived in South India in 1740 to take charge of a small Tamil Lutheran congregation in Madras and expanded it during his stay. During his time in Madr
Sir Richard Francis Burton KCMG FRGS ( / ˈ b ɜːr t ən / ; 19 March 1821 – 20 October 1890) was a British explorer, writer, scholar, and soldier. He was famed for his travels and explorations in Asia, Africa, and the Americas, as well as his extraordinary knowledge of languages and cultures. Accordin
Abolhassan Najafi ( Persian : ابوالحسن نجفی , also Romanized as "Abolhasan Najafī"; 28 June 1929 – 22 January 2016) [ citation needed ] was an Iranian writer and translator. This biography of a living person needs additional citations for verification . ( April 2010 ) Abolhassan Najafi ابوالحسن نجفی
Sokrat Khanyan ( Armenian : Սոկրատ Աղալարի Խանյան ), is an Armenian poet, translator, literary critic, publicist, doctor of philology, professor, member of Writers Union of Armenia , and a member of the USSR Writers' Union since 1958. Armenian author, poet, novelist Sokrat Khanyan Born ( 1930-01-22
#10 Matthias Castrén
Matthias Alexander Castrén (2 December 1813 – 7 May 1852) was a Finnish Swedish ethnologist and philologist who was a pioneer in the study of the Uralic languages . He was an educator, author and linguist at the University of Helsinki . Castrén is best known for his research in the linguistics and e
#11 Attash Durrani
Attash Durrani ( Urdu : عطش درانی ; 22 January 1952 – 30 November 2018) was a Pakistani linguist, researcher, critic, author, educationist, and gemologist . He wrote more than 275 books and approximately 500 papers in Urdu and English. His main disciplines of study were language, education, computer
Roy Clive Abraham (16 December 1890, Melbourne , Australia - 22 June 1963, Hendon , London ) was a key figure in African language scholarship during the twentieth century. He worked for over thirty years on a wide range of disparate languages. African language scholar (1890–1963)
#13 Celia Logan
Celia Logan (December 17, 1837 – June 18, 1904) was an American actress, playwright, and writer, and a member of the Logan family of actors and writers. She became a correspondent of American journals and wrote for magazines. During the American Civil War , she resided in Milan , Italy, translating
#14 Kevin Hannan
Kevin J. Hannan (January 22, 1954 – January 5, 2008) was an American ethnolinguist and slavicist . American linguist This article has multiple issues. Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page . ( Learn how and when to remove these template messages ) This article possibly cont
#15 Andrew Gonzalez
Brother Andrew Benjamin Gonzalez, F.S.C. (29 February 1940 – 29 January 2006) was a Filipino linguist , writer, educator , and a De La Salle Brother . He served as president of De La Salle University from 1979 to 1991 and from 1994 to 1998. From 1998 to 2001 he served as Secretary of the Department
Philip Lemont Barbour (December 21, 1898 – December 21, 1980) was an American linguist, historian and radio broadcaster, who is most remembered by those interested in the foundations of English settlement in North America, for his detailed investigations into and documentation of the life of the pio
#17 Morris Swadesh
Morris Swadesh ( / ˈ s w ɑː d ɛ ʃ / ; January 22, 1909 – July 20, 1967) was an American linguist who specialized in comparative and historical linguistics . American linguist (1909–1967) Morris Swadesh Born ( 1909-01-22 ) January 22, 1909 Holyoke, Massachusetts , U.S. Died July 20, 1967 (1967-07-20)
#18 Mariëtte Hamer
Mariëtte Iris Hamer (born 7 June 1958) is a Dutch politician and trade union leader serving as commissioner for combating inappropriate behavior and sexual violence since 2022. A member of the Labour Party (PvdA), she was its leader in the House of Representatives from 2008 to 2010. Dutch politician
#19 Oswaldo Castro
Oswaldo José de los Ángeles Castro Intriago (29 July 1902 – 26 June 1992) was an Ecuadorian journalist, teacher, poet, statistician, translator/reviser, and novelist. He was instrumental in founding Chone 's first newspaper, the cultural weekly El Iris ; in organizing the first census of the city of
#20 John C. Maher
John C. Maher (born 22 January 1951) is an Irish-British linguist, academic and author, professor of linguistics at International Christian University , Tokyo, Japan. Irish-British author and academic For other people with the same name, see John Maher . John C. Maher Born ( 1951-01-22 ) 22 January