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Born February 15, 1759 • Germany
Died August 8, 1824 (aged 65) • Marseille • France
Subjects Of Study Homer
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Didymus Chalkenteros
Greek scholar
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Friedrich Bechtel
German scholar
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Adamántios Koraïs
Greek scholar
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Lucius Livius Andronicus
Roman author
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Aristophanes Of Byzantium
Greek critic and grammarian
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Manuel Moschopoulos
Byzantine grammarian
Rudolf Carnap
Rudolf Carnap
German-American philosopher
Gottlob Frege
Gottlob Frege
German mathematician and philosopher
Max Müller
Max Müller
German scholar
Schlegel, August Wilhelm von
August Wilhelm von Schlegel
German scholar and critic
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Wilhelm von Humboldt
German language scholar
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Elijah Bokher Levita
Italian grammarian
Schlegel, Friedrich von
Friedrich von Schlegel
German writer
Opitz, Martin
Martin Opitz
German poet
Reuchlin, Johannes
Johannes Reuchlin
German humanist
F.W. Ritschl, engraving
F.W. Ritschl
German scholar
August Schleicher
August Schleicher
German linguist
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Johann Albert Fabricius
German scholar
Grassmann, Hermann Günther
Hermann Günther Grassmann
German mathematician
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August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben
German poet

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