2012 Event Noam Chomsky, a Jewish-American philosopher, linguist and human rights activist, visits Gaza for the first time, attending a seminar with Gazan thinkers and intellectuals 1995 Death John Cairncross, linguist (5th Man), dies at 82 1995 Death Harry Shorto, linguist, dies at 75 1995 Death Eugene Fuller, polymath/linguist, dies at 80 1994 Death Nathan Susskind, Slovak/US linguist (Yiddish), dies at 87 1989 Death Johan Fleerackers, Flemish linguist, dies at 57 1960 Death Aleksandar Belic, Swedish linguist, dies at 83 1955 Death Everard Verachtert, Flemish linguist (I Can Speak Nicely), dies at 81 1953 Death Martinus Nijhoff, Dutch poet/linguist (spelling), dies at 58 1953 Death Martinus Nijhoff, Dutch poet/interpreter/linguist, dies at 58 1952 Death Jakob Jud, Swiss linguist/etymologist, dies at 70 1950 Birthday G J M Gazdar, computational linguist 1950 Death Eduard Hermann, German linguist (Homer), dies at 80 1949 Death Leonard Bloomfield, linguist/philosopher, dies 1946 Death Matteo Giulio Bartoli, linguist, dies at 72 1944 Birthday Ruth Kempson, linguist, SOAS 1942 Death Wobbe de Vries, Dutch linguist, dies at 78 1939 Death Edward Sapir, U.S. linguist/cultural antropologist (indian), dies at 55 1938 Death Willem de Vreese, Flemish linguist, dies at 68 1936 Death Hermann Hirt, German linguist (Indo-European Grammar), dies at 70 1936 Death Frederik A Stoett, linguist (Dutch Proverbs), dies at 72 1935 Birthday Christopher Ball, linguist/warden, Keble College-Oxford 1928 Birthday Noam Chomsky, linguist, founded transformational grammar 1923 Birthday John Hale, born in Ashford, Kent, linguist, historian, professor, editor, attended Johns Hopkins University, Harvard University, served as a Fellow of the British Academy 1919 Birthday Harry Shorto, linguist 1917 Death Johan H C Kern, Dutch linguist (Sanskreet), dies at 84 1917 Death Lew [Lejzer L] Zamenhof, Polish doc/linguist (Esperanto), dies at 57 1914 Birthday Eugene Fuller, polymath/linguist 1913 Birthday John Cairncross, linguist, 5th Man 1913 Death Ferdinand Mongin de Saussure, Swiss linguist, dies at 55 1911 Death Konrad Duden, German linguist (Das grosse Duden Lexicon), dies 1909 Birthday Zellig S Harris, U.S. linguist 1903 Birthday Willem Pee, Belgian linguist 1899 Birthday Leo J Weisgerber, German linguist 1899 Birthday Martti Haavio, P Mastapaa, Finnish linguist/poet 1897 Birthday Benjamin Lee Whorf, linguist, or 1797 1896 Birthday Roman Jakobson, linguist/Slavic scholar, Fundamentals of Language 1894 Death Herman van der Tuuk, Dutch linguist (Toba Batak grammar), dies at 70 1892 Birthday Coenraad B van Haeringen, linguist/etymologist, Dutch Dictionary 1891 Death Louis L Bonaparte, English/French linguist/senator, dies at 78 1887 Birthday Leonard Bloomfield, U.S. linguist 1885 Death Georg Curtius, German classical/linguist/philologist, dies at 65 1884 Death Gerben Colmjon, Frisian linguist/publisher, dies at 56 1884 Death Arnoldus Pannevis, South African shipping agent/linguist, dies at 46 1884 Birthday Edward Sapir, Germany, linguist/antropologist, indians 1882 Birthday Jakob Jud, Swiss linguist/etymologist 1876 Birthday Aleksandar Belic, Serb linguist 1873 Birthday Matteo Giulio Bartoli, Austria-Hungary, linguist 1869 Birthday Eduard Hermann, Coburg Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, German linguist, Homer 1869 Birthday Willem De Vreese, Flemish linguist/biblographer 1868 Birthday Wilhelm Schmidt, German anthropologist/linguist, Anthropos 1865 Birthday Hermann Hirt, Magdeburg Prussia, linguist, Indo-European Grammar 1865 Birthday Nicolaus Adriani, linguist, Middle-Celebes languages 1865 Birthday Charles Bally, Swiss linguist, Le langage et la vie 1863 Birthday Rodolfo Lenz, German/Chilian linguist, El Papiamento 1863 Birthday Frederik A. Stoett, linguist, Dutch Proverbs 1863 Birthday Wobbe de Vries, Dutch linguist 1860 Birthday Jens Otto Harry Jespersen, linguist/philologist 1859 Birthday Ludwik L Zamenhof, Russian Poland, physician/linguist, Esperanto 1858 Birthday Franz Boas, anthropologist/linguist, Mind of Primitive Man 1857 Birthday Ferdinand de Saussure, born in Switzerland, linguist, Cours de Laguistique Generale 1852 Birthday William Scarborough, Macon, Georgia, linguist/author, Birds of Aristophanes 1841 Birthday Edward Gailliard, Flemish linguist/archaeologicalist 1838 Birthday Arnoldus Pannevis, South African ship's doctor/linguist 1833 Birthday Johan H C Kern, Dutch linguist, Sanskrit, Old Javan 1832 Death Ecco Epkema, Dutch classic linguist (Frisian/Old Frisian), dies at 71 1830 Birthday Eelco Refer, linguist, Dictionary for the Dutch translator 1829 Birthday Konrad Duden, German linguist, Der grosse Duden 1828 Birthday Gerben Colmjon, Dutch Frisian linguist/publisher 1826 Death Jens I Baggesen, Danish writer/linguist (Labyrinth), dies 1820 Birthday Matthias de Vries, Dutch linguist, spelling 1820 Birthday Georg Curtius, German classical linguist 1813 Birthday Louis L Bonaparte, English/French linguist/senator 1774 Birthday Joseph Caspar Mezzofanti, Cardinal/linguist, understood 70 languages 1774 Birthday Matthijs Siegenbeek, Dutch linguist, spelling 1764 Birthday Jens I Baggesen, Danish writer/linguist, Danske V'rker 1764 Birthday John Kinker, Dutch linguist/philosopher/poet, Minderjarige Zangster 1759 Birthday Ecco Epkema, Dutch linguist, Frisian, old-Frisian 1732 Birthday Johann C Adelung, German linguist/librarian 1715 Death George Hickes, English linguist (Old German Philology), dies at 73 1707 Death Kaspar von Stieler, German linguist/poet, dies at 74 1588 Birthday Claudius Salmasius, Claude Saumaise, French linguist
