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Hermann Osthoff

1847 - 1909

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Hermann Osthoff (18 April 1847 – 7 May 1909) was a German linguist. He was involved in Indo-European studies and the Neogrammarian school. He is known for formulating Osthoff's law and published widely on Indo-European word-formation and morphology. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Hermann Osthoff is the 134th most popular linguist (up from 136th in 2019), the 4,192nd most popular biography from Germany (up from 4,334th in 2019) and the 26th most popular German Linguist.

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Among LINGUISTS

Among linguists, Hermann Osthoff ranks 134 out of 214. Before him are Igor M. Diakonoff, Franz Felix Adalbert Kuhn, Ali-Akbar Dehkhoda, James Legge, Aleksander Brückner, and Vasily Abaev. After him are Alexander Potebnja, Julius Pokorny, Sylvain Lévi, Vladimir Toporov, Gerhard Rohlfs, and Friedrich von Adelung.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1847, Hermann Osthoff ranks 76. Before him are Milovan Glišić, Frederick Arthur Bridgman, Anton Reichenow, Cesare Arzelà, Michel-Joseph Maunoury, and Koos de la Rey. After him are William Edward Ayrton, Marcel Alexandre Bertrand, Dimitar Grekov, Lipót Schulhof, Louis Henri Boussenard, and Heinrich Gelzer. Among people deceased in 1909, Hermann Osthoff ranks 72. Before him are Innokenty Annensky, Hans Peter Jørgen Julius Thomsen, Eva Bonnier, Ruperto Chapí, George Robinson, 1st Marquess of Ripon, and Benoît-Constant Coquelin. After him are Laura Theresa Alma-Tadema, Whitcomb L. Judson, Higinio Uriarte, Otto Sinding, João Barbosa Rodrigues, and Ludwig Mond.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Hermann Osthoff ranks 4,194 out of 7,253. Before him are Gottfried Ludolf Camphausen (1803), Mehmet Scholl (1970), Victor II, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym (1767), Heike Drechsler (1964), Amelia of Nassau-Weilburg (1776), and Olaf Thon (1966). After him are Johann Georg von Hahn (1811), Friedrich Wilhelm Schultz (1804), George William, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld (1591), Rudolf von Bünau (1890), Ernst Stromer (1871), and Willi Baumeister (1889).

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Among LINGUISTS In Germany

Among linguists born in Germany, Hermann Osthoff ranks 26. Before him are Konrad Duden (1829), Adolf Erman (1854), Georg Curtius (1820), Heinrich Hübschmann (1848), August Immanuel Bekker (1785), and Felix Jacoby (1876). After him are Gerhard Rohlfs (1892), Eduard Sievers (1850), Friedrich Kluge (1856), Hermann Hirt (1865), Christiane Nord (1943), and Helmut Rix (1926).

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