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Franz Bopp (1791–1867) was a Prussian linguist, pedagogue, university teacher, and orientalist. Born in Mainz and dying in Berlin, he worked primarily in the fields of Sanskrit, Indo-European studies, and linguistics. His academic career included a position at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, where he taught students such as Leo Meyer. He was a student of Karl Joseph Hieronymus Windischmann and wrote in German, while also speaking Latin and Sanskrit.
Bopp was a member of several prestigious institutions, including the Royal Prussian Academy of Sciences, the Saint Petersburg Academy of Sciences, the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He received the Volney Prize and the Bavarian Maximilian Order for Science and Art. Among his notable works are *Grammatica critica linguae sanscritae*, *Glossarium sanscritum*, and *Comparative Grammar of the Sanskrit, Zend, Greek, Latin, Lithuanian, Gothic, German, and Sclavonic Languages*.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1791
- Died
- 1867
- Works
- 65
Top works
- Vergleichende Grammatik des sanskrit, zend, armenischen, griechischen, lateinischen, litauischen, altslavischen, gothischen und deutschen
- Über die Sprache der alten Preussen in ihren verwandtschaftlichen Beziehungen
- Grammatica critica linguae sanscritae
- Analytical Comparison of the Sanskrit, Greek, Latin and Teutonic Languages, Shewing the Original Identity of Their Grammatical Structure
- Franz Bopp über das Conjugationssystem der Sanskritsprache
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- G*Power 3: A flexible statistical power analysis program for the social, behavioral, and biomedical sciences
· 2007 · cited 53,027x
- Statistical power analyses using G*Power 3.1: Tests for correlation and regression analyses
· 2009 · cited 30,147x
- Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
· 2020 · cited 15,320x
- Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 354 diseases and injuries for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017
· 2018 · cited 10,795x
- World Map of the Köppen-Geiger climate classification updated
· 2006 · cited 9,705x
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Franz
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of Prussia
- Place of birth
- Mainz
- Place of death
- Berlin
- Employer
- Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
- Languages spoken
- Sanskrit
- Field of work
- linguistics
- Image
- Franz Bopp - Imagines philologorum.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1791-09-14
- date of death
- 1867-10-23
- Commons category
- Franz Bopp
- described by source
- Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary
- Commons gallery
- Franz Bopp
- name in native language
- Franz Bopp
- student
- Leo Meyer
- writing language
- German
- described at URL
- www.nplg.gov.ge/wikidict/index.php/ბოპი_ფრანც
- interested in
- comparative linguistics
- archives at
- Berlin State Library
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Encyclopedic overview
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.
Early life
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