Franz Bopp
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Franz Bopp was a pioneering 19th-century German linguist whose comparative studies of Indo-European languages helped establish the foundations of modern historical linguistics.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Franz Bopp canonical | 1 |
Statements (44)
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| instanceOf |
Indo-Europeanist
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human ⓘ linguist ⓘ |
| awardReceived | Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Germany ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1791-09-14 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1867-10-23 ⓘ |
| describedAs |
founder of comparative grammar of Indo-European languages
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pioneer of modern historical linguistics ⓘ |
| employer | Humboldt University of Berlin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era | 19th century ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | German ⓘ |
| familyName | Bopp NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
Indo-European studies
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comparative linguistics ⓘ historical linguistics ⓘ linguistics ⓘ |
| givenName | Franz NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced |
August Schleicher
NERFINISHED
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historical linguistics ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Sanskrit studies ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName |
German
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Latin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| memberOf | Prussian Academy of Sciences ⓘ |
| movement | comparative philology ⓘ |
| name | Franz Bopp NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | German ⓘ |
| notableFor | founding comparative Indo-European linguistics ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Vergleichende Grammatik des Sanskrit, Zend, Griechischen, Lateinischen, Litthauischen, Altslawischen, Gothischen und Deutschen
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Über das Conjugationssystem der Sanskritsprache in Vergleichung mit jenem der griechischen, lateinischen, persischen und germanischen Sprache NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
linguist
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university teacher ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Electoral Mainz
NERFINISHED
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Holy Roman Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ Mainz NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
Berlin
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Kingdom of Prussia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld | professor of comparative grammar ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| studied |
Indo-European languages
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Sanskrit NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| studiedAt |
University of Göttingen
NERFINISHED
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University of Paris NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workLocation | Berlin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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