Leo Wiener

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human linguist scholar translator university teacher

Leo Wiener was a Polish-American linguist and scholar known for his work in Slavic languages and literature, and as the father of mathematician Norbert Wiener.

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Leo Wiener canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf human ⓘ
linguist ⓘ
scholar ⓘ
translator ⓘ
university teacher ⓘ
birthDate 1862-07-24 ⓘ
birthPlace Białystok ⓘ
Byelostok, Grodno Governorate, Russian Empire ⓘ
child Norbert Wiener ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Russian Empire ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
deathDate 1939-12-12 ⓘ
educatedAt Humboldt University of Berlin ⓘ
surface form: University of Berlin

University of Warsaw ⓘ
employer Harvard University ⓘ
ethnicGroup Polish Jew ⓘ
familyName Wiener ⓘ
fieldOfWork Slavic languages ⓘ
Slavic literature ⓘ
comparative literature ⓘ
givenName Leo ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
German ⓘ
Hebrew ⓘ
Polish ⓘ
Russian ⓘ
Yiddish ⓘ
various Slavic languages ⓘ
mannerOfDeath natural causes ⓘ
name Leo Wiener self-link ⓘ
notableFor being the father of mathematician Norbert Wiener ⓘ
pioneering Slavic studies in the United States ⓘ
notableStudent Norbert Wiener ⓘ
notableWork Africa and the Discovery of America ⓘ
Anthology of Russian Literature ⓘ
Contributions to the study of Slavic philology ⓘ
The History of Yiddish Literature in the Nineteenth Century ⓘ
Translation of Leo Tolstoy’s works into English ⓘ
occupation linguist ⓘ
philologist ⓘ
translator ⓘ
university professor ⓘ
placeOfDeath Cambridge, Massachusetts ⓘ
surface form: Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
positionHeld Professor of Slavic Languages and Literatures at Harvard University ⓘ
religion Judaism ⓘ
residence Cambridge, Massachusetts ⓘ
spouse Bertha Kahn Wiener ⓘ

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Norbert Wiener → father → Leo Wiener ⓘ
Wiener → hasFather → Leo Wiener ⓘ
subject surface form: Norbert Wiener
Wiener → hasNotableBearer → Leo Wiener ⓘ
Leo Wiener → name → Leo Wiener self-link ⓘ