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
Order of the Dannebrog
citizenship Kingdom of Denmark (historical)
linked to: Realm of Denmark
countryOfCitizenship Denmark
dateOfBirth 1842-01-25
dateOfDeath 1927-05-12
educatedAt University of Copenhagen
employer University of Copenhagen
familyName Thomsen
fieldOfWork Baltic studies
Finno-Ugric studies
Indo-European studies
Turkic studies
comparative linguistics
philology
givenName Vilhelm
influenced Holger Pedersen
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
Russian Academy of Sciences
name Vilhelm Thomsen
nationality Danish
nativeLanguage Danish
notableStudent Holger Pedersen
notableWork decipherment of the Orkhon inscriptions
occupation linguist
philologist
placeOfBirth Copenhagen
placeOfDeath Copenhagen
positionHeld professor at the University of Copenhagen
sexOrGender male
workLocation Copenhagen

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Old Turkic script decipheredBy Vilhelm Thomsen
Orkhon inscriptions decipheredBy Vilhelm Thomsen
Vilhelm Thomsen name Vilhelm Thomsen
Louis Hjelmslev academicAdvisor Vilhelm Thomsen
Thomsen hasNotableBearer Vilhelm Thomsen