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August Schleicher

1821 - 1868

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August Schleicher (German: [ˈaʊɡʊst ˈʃlaɪçɐ]; 19 February 1821 – 6 December 1868) was a German linguist. Schleicher studied the Proto-Indo-European language and devised theories concerning historical linguistics. His great work was A Compendium of the Comparative Grammar of the Indo-European Languages in which he attempted to reconstruct the Proto-Indo-European language. To show how Indo-European might have looked, he created a short tale, Schleicher's fable, to exemplify the reconstructed vocabulary and aspects of Indo-European society inferred from it. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. August Schleicher is the 17th most popular linguist (down from 14th in 2019), the 571st most popular biography from Germany (down from 556th in 2019) and the 4th most popular German Linguist.

August Schleicher is most famous for his work in comparative linguistics, specifically Indo-European linguistics. He is most well known for his work in the field of comparative linguistics and for his contributions to the understanding of Indo-European languages.

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Among LINGUISTS

Among linguists, August Schleicher ranks 17 out of 214. Before him are Mesrop Mashtots, Rasmus Rask, Leonard Bloomfield, Franz Bopp, Eliezer Ben-Yehuda, and Jost Gippert. After him are Georges Dumézil, Kūkai, Franz Miklosich, Edward Sapir, Antoine Meillet, and Johann Martin Schleyer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1821, August Schleicher ranks 6. Before him are Fyodor Dostoevsky, Charles Baudelaire, Gustave Flaubert, Hermann von Helmholtz, and Rudolf Virchow. After him are Auguste Mariette, Lola Montez, Luitpold, Prince Regent of Bavaria, Elizabeth Blackwell, Wilhelm Tempel, and Louis Vuitton. Among people deceased in 1868, August Schleicher ranks 8. Before him are Léon Foucault, James Buchanan, August Ferdinand Möbius, Ludwig I of Bavaria, Mongkut, and Tewodros II. After him are David Brewster, Alexandre Colonna-Walewski, William T. G. Morton, Franz Berwald, Okita Sōji, and Adalbert Stifter.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, August Schleicher ranks 571 out of 7,253. Before him are Princess Maria Josepha of Saxony (1867), Karl Carstens (1914), Horst Ludwig Störmer (1949), Princess Charlotte of Prussia (1860), Ulrich von Hutten (1488), and Hendrik Goltzius (1558). After him are Adam Opel (1837), Willi Stoph (1914), Max Delbrück (1906), Patrick Süskind (1949), Hans Eysenck (1916), and Johann Friedrich Struensee (1737).

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Among LINGUISTS In Germany

Among linguists born in Germany, August Schleicher ranks 4. Before him are Max Müller (1823), Franz Bopp (1791), and Jost Gippert (1956). After him are Johann Martin Schleyer (1831), Johann Christoph Adelung (1732), Georg Friedrich Grotefend (1775), Friedrich August Wolf (1759), Michel Bréal (1832), Vasily Radlov (1837), Hermann Paul (1846), and Hugo Schuchardt (1842).

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