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German philologist (1821–1868)

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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
rock

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
2
Total plays
20

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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

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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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