Eduard Sievers

Eduard Sievers
Eduard Sievers
	Sievers, c. 1900
Born	25 November 1850; Lippoldsberg, Germany
Died	30 March 1932 (aged 81); Leipzig, Germany
Nationality	German
Academic background
Alma mater	University of Leipzig;
Academic work
Discipline	Germanic studies; Indo-European studies;
Institutions	University of Jena; University of Tübingen; University of Halle; University of Leipzig;
Notable students	Holger Pedersen; Jost Winteler; Theodor Capidan; Elisabeth Karg-Gasterstädt; Fritz Reuter; Robert Herndon Fife, Jr.;
Main interests	Germanic linguistics; Indo-European linguistics;

Eduard Sievers (German: [ˈeːduaʁt ˈziːvɐs]; 25 November 1850, Lippoldsberg – 30 March 1932, Leipzig) was a German philologist of the classical and Germanic languages. Sievers was one of the Junggrammatiker of the so-called "Leipzig School". He was one of the most influential historical linguists of the late nineteenth century. He is known for his recovery of the poetic traditions of Germanic languages such as Anglo-Saxon and Old Saxon, as well as for his discovery of Sievers' law.

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