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1995 John Cairncross, linguist (5th Man), dies at 82

1995 Harry Shorto, linguist, dies at 75

1995 Eugene Fuller, polymath/linguist, dies at 80

1994 Nathan Susskind, Slovak/US linguist (Yiddish), dies at 87

1989 Johan Fleerackers, Flemish linguist, dies at 57

1960 Aleksandar Belic, Swedish linguist, dies at 83

1955 Everard Verachtert, Flemish linguist (I Can Speak Nicely), dies at 81

1953 Martinus Nijhoff, Dutch poet/linguist (spelling), dies at 58

1953 Martinus Nijhoff, Dutch poet/interpreter/linguist, dies at 58

1952 Jakob Jud, Swiss linguist/etymologist, dies at 70

1950 G J M Gazdar, computational linguist

1950 Eduard Hermann, German linguist (Homer), dies at 80

1949 Leonard Bloomfield, linguist/philosopher, dies

1946 Matteo Giulio Bartoli, linguist, dies at 72

1944 Ruth Kempson, linguist, SOAS

1942 Wobbe de Vries, Dutch linguist, dies at 78

1939 Edward Sapir, U.S. linguist/cultural antropologist (indian), dies at 55

1938 Willem de Vreese, Flemish linguist, dies at 68

1936 Hermann Hirt, German linguist (Indo-European Grammar), dies at 70

1936 Frederik A Stoett, linguist (Dutch Proverbs), dies at 72

1935 Christopher Ball, linguist/warden, Keble College-Oxford

1928 Noam Chomsky, linguist, founded transformational grammar

1923 John Hale, linguist

1919 Harry Shorto, linguist

1917 Johan H C Kern, Dutch linguist (Sanskreet), dies at 84

1917 Lew [Lejzer L] Zamenhof, Polish doc/linguist (Esperanto), dies at 57

1914 Eugene Fuller, polymath/linguist

1913 John Cairncross, linguist, 5th Man

1913 Ferdinand Mongin de Saussure, Swiss linguist, dies at 55

1911 Konrad Duden, German linguist (Das grosse Duden Lexicon), dies

1909 Zellig S Harris, U.S. linguist

1903 Willem Pee, Belgian linguist

1899 Leo J Weisgerber, German linguist

1899 Martti Haavio, [P Mastapaa], Finnish linguist/poet

1897 Benjamin Lee Whorf, linguist, or 1797

1896 Roman Jakobson, linguist/Slavic scholar, Fundamentals of Language

1894 Herman van der Tuuk, Dutch linguist (Toba Batak grammar), dies at 70

1892 Coenraad B van Haeringen, linguist/etymologist, Dutch Dictionary

1891 Louis L Bonaparte, English/French linguist/senator, dies at 78

1887 Leonard Bloomfield, U.S. linguist

1885 Georg Curtius, German classical/linguist/philologist, dies at 65

1884 Gerben Colmjon, Frisian linguist/publisher, dies at 56

1884 Arnoldus Pannevis, South African shipping agent/linguist, dies at 46

1884 Edward Sapir, Germany, linguist/antropologist, indians

1882 Jakob Jud, Swiss linguist/etymologist

1876 Aleksandar Belic, Serb linguist

1873 Matteo Giulio Bartoli, Austria-Hungary, linguist

1869 Eduard Hermann, Coburg Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, German linguist, Homer

1869 Willem De Vreese, Flemish linguist/biblographer

1868 Wilhelm Schmidt, German anthropologist/linguist, Anthropos

1865 Hermann Hirt, Magdeburg Prussia, linguist, Indo-European Grammar

1865 Nicolaus Adriani, linguist, Middle-Celebes languages

1865 Charles Bally, Swiss linguist, Le langage et la vie

1863 Rodolfo Lenz, German/Chilian linguist, El Papiamento

1863 Frederik A. Stoett, linguist, Dutch Proverbs

1863 Wobbe de Vries, Dutch linguist

1860 Jens Otto Harry Jespersen, linguist/philologist

1859 Ludwik L Zamenhof, Russian Poland, physician/linguist, Esperanto

1858 Franz Boas, anthropologist/linguist, Mind of Primitive Man

1857 Ferdinand de Saussure, Switz, linguist, Cours de Laguistique Generale

1852 William Scarborough, Macon, Georgia, linguist/author, Birds of Aristophanes

1841 Edward Gailliard, Flemish linguist/archaeologicalist

1838 Arnoldus Pannevis, South African ship's doctor/linguist

1833 Johan H C Kern, Dutch linguist, Sanskrit, Old Javan

1832 Ecco Epkema, Dutch classic linguist (Frisian/Old Frisian), dies at 71

1830 Eelco Refer, linguist, Dictionary for the Dutch translator

1829 Konrad Duden, German linguist, Der grosse Duden

1828 Gerben Colmjon, Dutch Frisian linguist/publisher

1826 Jens I Baggesen, Danish writer/linguist (Labyrinth), dies

1820 Matthias de Vries, Dutch linguist, spelling

1820 Georg Curtius, German classical linguist

1813 Louis L Bonaparte, English/French linguist/senator

1774 Joseph Caspar Mezzofanti, Cardinal/linguist, understood 70 languages

1774 Matthijs Siegenbeek, Dutch linguist, spelling

1764 Jens I Baggesen, Danish writer/linguist, Danske V'rker

1764 John Kinker, Dutch linguist/philosopher/poet, Minderjarige Zangster

1759 Ecco Epkema, Dutch linguist, Frisian, old-Frisian

1732 Johann C Adelung, German linguist/librarian

1715 George Hickes, English linguist (Old German Philology), dies at 73

1707 Kaspar von Stieler, German linguist/poet, dies at 74

1588 Claudius Salmasius, [Claude Saumaise], French linguist



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