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Also Known As Johann Gottfried Jakob Hermann
Born November 28, 1772 • Leipzig • Germany • (Birthday in 7 days)
Died December 31, 1848 (aged 76) • Leipzig • Germany
Subjects Of Study Ancient Greek language
Jacob Ludwig Carl Grimm
German author, folklorist, and philologist
Opitz, Martin
Martin Opitz
German poet
August Schleicher, engraving
August Schleicher
German linguist
August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben
German poet
Karl Brugmann
German linguist
Johann Heinrich Voss, lithograph.
Johann Heinrich Voss
German poet
Hermann Collitz
American linguist
Pott, August
August Pott
German linguist
Bopp
Franz Bopp
German philologist
Philipp Nikodemus Frischlin
German philologist
Bossert, 1940
Helmuth Theodor Bossert
German archaeologist
Oswin Köhler
German linguist and ethnologist
Eduard Hermann
German linguist
Sergius of Resaina
Syrian theologian
Noam Chomsky
Noam Chomsky
American linguist
Portrait of poet Alexander Pope
Alexander Pope
English author
Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius, woodcut, 1537.
Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius
Roman scholar, philosopher, and statesman
Lancelot Thomas Hogben
English scientist
Domenico Ghirlandaio
Poliziano
Italian poet and humanist
Michel Thomas
linguist and teacher