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August Schleicher
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August Schleicher (1821–1868) was a German linguist, journalist, pedagogue, and university teacher. Born in Meiningen, he was a citizen of the Duchy of Saxe-Meiningen. He studied at the Gymnasium Casimirianum Coburg and the University of Bonn, where he was a student of Friedrich Gottlieb Welcker. Schleicher served as a university teacher at Friedrich Schiller University Jena and Charles University. He was a member of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities, the Russian Academy of Sciences, the Saint Petersburg Academy of Sciences, and the Hungarian Academy of Sciences.
Schleicher received the Volney Prize. His published works include *Laut- Und Formenlere [!] Der Polabischen Sprache*, *Die Formenlehre der Kirchenslawischen Sprache*, *Erklärend und Vergleichend Dargestellt*, *Die Wurzel AK in Indogermanischen*, *Compendio Di Grammatica Comparativa Dello Antico Indiano, Greco Ed Italico*, and *Sprachen Europas in Systematischer Übersicht*. He died of tuberculosis in Jena.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 20
Top works
- Laut- Und Formenlere [!] Der Polabischen Sprache
- Die Formenlehre der Kirchenslawischen Sprache, Erklärend und Vergleichend Dargestellt
- Die Wurzel AK in Indogermanischen
- Compendio Di Grammatica Comparativa Dello Antico Indiano, Greco Ed Italico
- Sprachen Europas in Systematischer Übersicht
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Austria
- Active from
- 1945-05-10
- Active to
- 2015-01-17
Discography
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 2
- Total plays
- 20
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- The mutational constraint spectrum quantified from variation in 141,456 humans
· 2020 · cited 9,176x
- Simulations of the formation, evolution and clustering of galaxies and quasars
· 2005 · cited 4,175x
- Social class and mental illness: Community study.
· 1958 · cited 3,547x
- Mapping genomic loci implicates genes and synaptic biology in schizophrenia
· 2022 · cited 2,664x
- Blinatumomab versus Chemotherapy for Advanced Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
· 2017 · cited 1,944x
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1821-02-19 ) 19 February 1821, Meiningen , Saxe-Meiningen , German Confederation
- Died
- 6 December 1868 (1868-12-06) (aged 47), Jena , Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach , North German Confederation
- Known for
- Contributions to Indo-European studies Schleicher's fable
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- August
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Duchy of Saxe-Meiningen
- Place of birth
- Meiningen
- Place of death
- Jena
- Occupation
- writer
- Educated at
- Gymnasium Casimirianum Coburg
- Employer
- Charles University
- Languages spoken
- German
- Award
- Volney Prize
- Doctoral advisor
- Heinrich Leberecht Fleischer
- Student of
- Friedrich Gottlieb Welcker
- Field of work
- linguistics
- Image
- August Schleicher.jpg
Show 11 more facts
- cause of death
- tuberculosis
- date of birth
- 1821-02-19
- date of death
- 1868-12-07
- medical condition
- tuberculosis
- Commons category
- August Schleicher
- described by source
- Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary
- manner of death
- natural causes
- ethnic group
- Germans
- name in native language
- August Schleicher
- student
- Johannes Schmidt
- interested in
- linguistics
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Works in European collections
11 objects attributed to August Schleicher, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
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Encyclopedic overview
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. To show how Indo-European might have looked, he created a short tale, Schleicher's fable, to exemplify the reconstructed vocabulary and aspects of Indo-European society inferred from it.
Life
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