Home›Scientists›Field (legacy)›LinguisticsBrowse ByLinguisticsThis dimension names the field a scientist is remembered for even when their own career spanned much more. Wikipedia notes that Thales "was arguably the first scientist for describing how cosmic events may be seen as natural, not necessarily caused by gods," a single insight that defines his legacy above all else. Browsing this way collects every scientist remembered chiefly for the same field.FactsLinguisticsConnectionsSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonConcept Term OriginWell-attested1834 1LinguisticsFilter Results38 entriesDisciplineAllAnthropology (1)Linguistics (36)EraAll520 BCE (1)1767 (1)1791 (1)1846 (1)1860 (1)1866 (1)1890 (2)1896 (1)1899 (1)1908 (1)1909 (1)1912 (1)1914 (1)1915 (1)1916 (1)1922 (1)1925 (1)1926 (1)1927 (1)1928 (1)1938 (2)1939 (3)1940 (1)1941 (2)1943 (1)1944 (1)1945 (1)1946 (1)1947 (1)1949 (2)1955 (1)InstitutionAllAmerican Association for the Advancement of Science (6)Collège de France (1)Columbia University (5)Humboldt University of Berlin (2)Linguistic Society of America (13)Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1)National Academy of Sciences (4)National Science Foundation (1)Ohio State University (1)Stanford University (1)University College London (1)University of California, Los Angeles (1)University of Cambridge (1)University of Edinburgh (1)University of Vienna (1)In GroupAllComputational Linguistics (3)Historical And Comparative Linguistics (1)Other Linguists (6)Phonology And Phonetics (12)Psycholinguistics (4)Semantics And Pragmatics (3)Sociolinguistics (3)Syntax And Generative Grammar (6)NationalityAllCanada (1)Denmark (3)Finland (1)France (2)Germany (1)Russia (2)United Kingdom (2)United States (23)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 38Andre MartinetLinguisticsAntoine MeilletLinguisticsArnold ZwickyLinguisticsCharles HockettLinguisticsD. Terence LangendoenLinguisticsDavid LightfootLinguisticsDavid M. PerlmutterLinguisticsElizabeth Closs TraugottLinguisticsEllen F. PrinceLinguisticsEugene NidaLinguisticsFranz BoppLinguisticsGregory WardLinguisticsIlse LehisteLinguisticsJoan MalingLinguisticsJohn RickfordLinguisticsJohn Rupert FirthLinguisticsJoseph GreenbergLinguisticsKarl VernerLinguisticsKenneth PikeLinguisticsKeren RiceLinguisticsLarry M. HymanLinguisticsLouis HjelmslevLinguisticsMichael HallidayLinguisticsNikolai TrubetzkoyLinguisticsOtto JespersenLinguisticsPaniniLinguisticsPaul KiparskyLinguisticsRoman JakobsonLinguisticsSally McConnell-GinetLinguisticsSandra A. ThompsonLinguisticsSarah G. ThomasonLinguisticsStanley PetersLinguisticsStephen R. AndersonLinguisticsUriel WeinreichLinguisticsWilhelm von HumboldtLinguisticsWilliam BrightLinguisticsWilliam LabovLinguisticsZellig HarrisLinguisticsConnectionsShowing the first 400 of 1,925 connections.Sources1. Online Etymology Dictionary: scientisttier 2Online Etymology DictionaryOnline Etymology Dictionary, scientist entryQuote, Online Etymology Dictionary, scientist entry"person versed in or devoted to science," 1834, a hybrid coined from Latin scientia (see science) by the Rev. William Whewell, English polymath, by analogy with artist, in the same paragraph in which he coined physicist.View the SourceÉdouard Roche (Wikipedia)tier 3WikipediaContains: Édouard RocheView the SourceJames Van Allen (Wikipedia)tier 3WikipediaContains: James Van AllenView the SourceEnrico Fermi (Wikipedia)tier 3WikipediaContains: Enrico FermiView the SourceComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.