August Schleicher
August Schleicher (German: [ˈaʊɡʊst ˈʃlaɪçɐ]; 19 February 1821 – 6 December 1868) was a German linguist. Schleicher studied the Proto-Indo-European language and devised theories concerning historical linguistics. His great work was A Compendium of the Comparative Grammar of the Indo-European Languages in which he attempted to reconstruct the Proto-Indo-European language. To show how Indo-European might have looked, he created a short tale, Schleicher's fable, to exemplify the reconstructed vocabulary and aspects of Indo-European society inferred from it.
August Schleicher | |
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August Schleicher, by Friedrich Kriehuber | |
| Born | 19 February 1821 Meiningen, Duchy of Saxe-Meiningen |
| Died | 6 December 1868 (aged 47) Jena, Duchy of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach |
| Alma mater | University of Tübingen, University of Bonn |
| School | Historicism |
Main interests | Indo-European studies |
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