August Schleicher: References & Edit History

Additional Reading

A detailed account of Schleicher’s life and work, including a full bibliography, appears in E.F.K. Koerner, Practicing Linguistic Historiography (1989), chapter 20, pp. 325–375.

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Anniversary information added. Feb 15, 2026
Anniversary information added. Dec 02, 2025
First paragraph modernization. Apr 05, 2024
Add new Web site: Fact Monster - People - Biography of August Schleicher. Jan 21, 2011
Added bibliography. Feb 10, 2009
Revised description of early intellectual influences and ambitions. Feb 10, 2009
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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