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Born December 19, 1869 • Coburg
Died February 14, 1950 (aged 80) • Göttingen • Germany
Notable Works “Lautgesetz und Analogie”
Subjects Of Study comparative linguistics • linguistics • Indo-European languages
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August Schleicher
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Franz Bopp
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Berthold Delbrück
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Holger Pedersen
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Max Müller
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Friedrich von Schlegel
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Karl Brugmann
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Pott, August
August Pott
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Carl Meinhof
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Diedrich Westermann
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