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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Kingsley_Zipf
George Kingsley Zipf (/ˈzɪf/;[1] 1902–1950), was an American linguist and philologist who studied statistical occurrences in different languages.[2]
Zipf earned his bachelors, masters, and doctoral degrees from Harvard University, although he also studied at the University of Bonn and the University of Berlin.[2] He was Chairman of the German Department and University Lecturer (meaning he could teach any subject he chose) at Harvard University.[2] He worked with Chinese and demographics, and much of his effort can explain properties of the Internet, distribution of income within nations, and many other collections of data
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January 7, 1902
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Freeport, Stephenson County, Illinois, United States
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| 1950 |
September 25, 1950
Age 48
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Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States
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