Vilhelm Thomsen

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Vilhelm Thomsen was a Danish linguist and philologist renowned for his pioneering work in comparative linguistics and the study of Turkic and Indo-European languages.

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instanceOf human
linguist
philologist
university professor
academicDiscipline linguistics
areaOfInfluence Baltic linguistics
Turkology
comparative philology
historical linguistics
awardReceived Order of Merit of the Prussian Crown NERFINISHED
Order of the Dannebrog NERFINISHED
citizenship Kingdom of Denmark (historical) NERFINISHED
countryOfCitizenship Denmark
dateOfBirth 1842-01-25
dateOfDeath 1927-05-12
educatedAt University of Copenhagen NERFINISHED
employer University of Copenhagen NERFINISHED
familyName Thomsen NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork Baltic studies
Finno-Ugric studies NERFINISHED
Indo-European studies
Turkic studies
comparative linguistics
philology
givenName Vilhelm NERFINISHED
influenced Holger Pedersen NERFINISHED
knownFor deciphering Old Turkic runic inscriptions
research on Indo-European languages
research on Turkic languages
languageOfWorkOrName Danish
French
German
memberOf Prussian Academy of Sciences
Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters NERFINISHED
Russian Academy of Sciences NERFINISHED
name Vilhelm Thomsen NERFINISHED
nationality Danish
nativeLanguage Danish
notableStudent Holger Pedersen NERFINISHED
notableWork decipherment of the Orkhon inscriptions
occupation linguist
philologist
placeOfBirth Copenhagen NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath Copenhagen NERFINISHED
positionHeld professor at the University of Copenhagen
sexOrGender male
workLocation Copenhagen NERFINISHED

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Old Turkic script decipheredBy Vilhelm Thomsen
Orkhon inscriptions decipheredBy Vilhelm Thomsen