Franz Bopp was a German linguist who lived from 1791 to 1861 and is credited with founding the field of comparative linguistics, the study of how different languages relate to and descend from common ancestors. His work demonstrated that languages like Sanskrit, Greek, Latin, and German all shared a common origin, fundamentally changing how scholars understood the history and connections among the world's languages.
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Franz Bopp ( German: [ˈfʁants ˈbɔp]; 14 September 1791 – 23 October 1867) was a German linguist known for extensive and pioneering comparative work on Indo-European languages.
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