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

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