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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

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