LINGUIST

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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of August Schleicher has received more than 147,761 page views. His biography is available in 42 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 40 in 2019). August Schleicher is the 14th most popular linguist (down from 13th in 2019), the 556th most popular biography from Germany (up from 606th in 2019) and the 3rd 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 14 out of 214. Before him are Noah Webster, Edgar de Wahl, Mesrop Mashtots, Eliezer Ben-Yehuda, Franz Bopp, and Pāṇini. After him are Rasmus Rask, Kūkai, Edward Sapir, Algirdas Julien Greimas, Patanjali, and Jost Gippert.

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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 Lola Montez, Elizabeth Blackwell, Auguste Mariette, Luitpold, Prince Regent of Bavaria, Louis Vuitton, and Richard Francis Burton. Among people deceased in 1868, August Schleicher ranks 7. Before him are Gioachino Rossini, Léon Foucault, James Buchanan, August Ferdinand Möbius, Ludwig I of Bavaria, and Mongkut. After him are Alexandre Colonna-Walewski, Okita Sōji, William T. G. Morton, Mihailo Obrenović, David Brewster, and Adalbert Stifter.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, August Schleicher ranks 556 out of 7,253. Before him are Sophia Dorothea of Hanover (1687), Wolfgang Petersen (1941), Kurt Weill (1900), Hans Jonas (1903), Jenny von Westphalen (1814), and Caroline of Baden (1776). After him are Hans von Euler-Chelpin (1873), Walther von Reichenau (1884), Albert the Bear (1100), Albert, King of Sweden (1340), Wilhelm Mohnke (1911), and Johann Georg Faust (1480).

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Among LINGUISTS In Germany

Among linguists born in Germany, August Schleicher ranks 3. Before him are Max Müller (1823), and Franz Bopp (1791). After him are Jost Gippert (1956), Johann Martin Schleyer (1831), Johann Christoph Adelung (1732), Michel Bréal (1832), Georg Friedrich Grotefend (1775), Vasily Radlov (1837), Friedrich August Wolf (1759), August Leskien (1840), and Karl Lachmann (1793).

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