langs: 22 марта [ru] / march 22 [en] / 22. märz [de] / 22 mars [fr] / 22 marzo [it] / 22 de marzo [es]
days: march 19 / march 20 / march 21 / march 22 / march 23 / march 24 / march 25
#1 Hangul
The Korean alphabet , known as Hangul [lower-alpha 1] ( English: / ˈ h ɑː n ɡ uː l / HAHN -gool [1] ) in South Korea and Chosŏn'gŭl in North Korea , is the modern official writing system for the Korean language . [2] [3] [4] The letters for the five basic consonants reflect the shape of the speech o
#1 Pe Maung Tin
Pe Maung Tin ( Burmese : ဖေမောင်တင် [pʰè màʊɰ̃ tɪ̀ɰ̃] ; 24 April 1888 – 22 March 1973) was a scholar of Pali and Buddhism and educator in Myanmar , formerly Burma. Born to an Anglican family at Pauktaw, Insein Township , Rangoon , he was the fifth child of U Pe and Daw Myaing. His grandfather was th
#2 Uuno Kailas
Uuno Kailas , born Frans Uno Salonen (29 March 1901 – 22 March 1933) was a Finnish poet , writer, and translator. Together with Kaarlo Sarkia , Kailas was the most prominent Finnish poet of the 1930s. [1] Finnish poet and writer Uuno Kailas Uuno Kailas Born ( 1901-03-29 ) 29 March 1901 Heinola , Fin
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
Androkli Kostallari (1922–1992) was an Albanian linguist and scholar. [1] He was one of the central figures of the Albanian language studies and founding member and director of the Albanian Institute of History and Linguistics, and later Institute of Linguistics and Literature (Alb: Instituti i Gjuh
#6 Zinka Zorko
Zinka Zorko (February 24, 1936 – March 22, 2019) was a Slovenian linguist and academic. Her research focused on phonetic , theological , syntactic , and vocabulary phenomena of Carinthian , Styrian , and Pannonian dialect groups. In 2003, she was elected a full member of the Slovenian Academy of Sci
Jan Beneš (March 26, 1936 – June 1, 2007) was a Czech writer, translator, publicist and screenwriter. He was also using the pseudonyms Milan Štěpka, Bobisud Mihule, Mojmír Čada, Ing. Čada, JAB, JeBe, Světlana and others. He is an author of many novels and several historical books. He was a political
#8 Nikolai Baskakov (linguist)
Nikolai Aleksandrovich Baskakov ( Russian : Никола́й Алекса́ндрович Баска́ков ; 22 March 1905 – 26 August 1996) [1] was a Soviet Turkologist, linguist, and ethnologist. He created a systematization model of the Turkic language family (Baskakov's classification), and studied Turkic-Russian contacts i
Joseph Priestley FRS ( / ˈ p r iː s t l i / ; [4] 24 March 1733 – 6 February 1804) was an English chemist , natural philosopher , separatist theologian , grammarian , multi-subject educator, and liberal political theorist . [5] He published over 150 works, and conducted experiments in electricity an
#10 Georgiy Gongadze
Georgiy Ruslanovych Gongadze [lower-alpha 1] (21 May 1969 – 17 September 2000) [1] was a Georgian - Ukrainian journalist and film director who was kidnapped and murdered in 2000 near Kyiv. He founded the internet newspaper Ukrainska Pravda along with Olena Prytula in 2000. Georgian-born Ukrainian jo
#11 Nikolai Anderson
Nikolai Karl Adolf Anderson (24 September (6 October) 1845 in Kulina , Estonia – 9 (22) March 1905 in Narva , Estonia ) was a Baltic German philologist who specialized in comparative linguistics of Finno-Ugric languages . [1] Baltic German philologist Nikolai Anderson Nikolai Anderson around 1880 Bo
#12 George L. Trager
George Leonard Trager ( / ˈ t r eɪ ɡ ər / ; [1] March 22, 1906 – August 31, 1992) was an American linguist . He was the president of the Linguistic Society of America in 1960. American linguist Not to be confused with Trager approach . George L. Trager Born 22 March 1906 Newark Died 31 August 19
Branca Eva de Gonta Syder Ribeiro Colaço (July 8, 1880 — March 22, 1945), better known as Branca de Gonta Colaço , was a Portuguese writer, scholar and linguist. She was the daughter of British Charlotte Ann Syder and Portuguese politician and writer Tomás Ribeiro and mother of the sculptor, Ana de
#14 Vivien Law
Vivien Anne Law, Lady Shackleton , FBA (22 March 1954 – 19 February 2002) was a British linguist and academic, who specialised in grammar . Over her lifetime, she "acquired a grammatical knowledge of over a hundred languages". [1] She spent all her academic career at the University of Cambridge . Vi
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
Lyubomir Andreychin ( Bulgarian : Любомир Андрейчин ; 22 March 1910, in Gabrovo – 3 September 1975, in Sofia ) was a Bulgarian linguist . Correspondent Member of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences since 1951. His principal field of scientific research included the grammar and stylistics of modern Bul
#17 Reidar Djupedal
Reidar Djupedal (March 22, 1921 – July 29, 1989) was a professor of North Germanic languages and literature at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology . Reidar Djupedal Born ( 1921-03-22 ) March 22, 1921 Oslo , Norway Died July 29, 1989 (1989-07-29) (aged 68) Occupation Professor Childr
#18 Geoffrey Gamble
Geoffrey Gamble (born 1942) is an American linguist who served from 2000 to 2009 as the 11th president of Montana State University . American linguist Geoffrey Gamble 11th President of Montana State University In office December 1, 2000 – December 22, 2009 Preceded by Michael P. Malone Succeeded b
Catherine Grosvenor (born 1978) is a Scottish playwright and translator . Scottish playwright and translator Catherine Grosvenor Born 1978 (age 43 – 44) Edinburgh , Scotland Occupation Playwright, translator Nationality British Period 2005-present Genre Drama
#20 George Kao
George Kao ( Chinese : 高克毅 ; pinyin : Gāo Kèyì ; [1] 29 May 1912 – 1 March 2008) was a Chinese American author, translator, and journalist. He is best known for translating English-language classics into Chinese and for his efforts to bring Chinese classics to English-speaking audiences. For other u