August Leskien
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1840-07-08 ) 8 July 1840, Kiel , Duchy of Holstein , German Confederation
- Died
- 20 September 1916 (1916-09-20) (aged 76), Leipzig , Kingdom of Saxony , German Empire
- School
- Neogrammarian
- Main interests
- Indo-European studies , Baltic and Slavic languages
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- August
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- German Empire
- Place of birth
- Kiel
- Place of death
- Leipzig
- Occupation
- slavist
- Educated at
- Kiel University
- Languages spoken
- German
- Field of work
- philology
- Image
- August Leskien.png
- Work location
- Leipzig
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- member of
- Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts
- professorship
- professor
- Commons category
- August Leskien
- date of birth
- 1840-07-08
- date of death
- 1916-09-20
- described by source
- New International Encyclopedia
- name in native language
- August Leskien
- place of burial
- Leipzig South Cemetery
- birth name
- Johann Heinrich August Leskien
- writing language
- German
- P12749
- Hans Nielsen
- Commons Creator page
- August Leskien
- archives at
- Leipzig University Library
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Encyclopedic overview
August Leskien ( German: [ˈaʊ̯ɡʊst lɛsˈkiːn]; 8 July 1840 – 20 September 1916) was a German linguist who studied comparative linguistics, particularly relating to the Baltic and Slavic languages.
Biography
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