Today in Linguistic History
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Historical Events
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1906-09-30 - Real Academia Galega, Galician language biggest linguistic authority starts working in Havana.
2003-03-02 - The first International Symposium on Taiwan Sign Language Linguistics is held at Chung Cheng University.
Famous Birthdays
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1575-08-15 - Bartol Kašić, Croatian writer and linguist (d. 1650)
1588-04-15 - Claudius Salmasius, [Claude Saumaise], French linguist
1642-06-20 - George Hickes, English linguistic (Old German Philology)
1732-08-08 - Johann C Adelung, German linguist/librarian
1753-08-17 - Josef Dobrovský, Czech linguist (d. 1828)
1759-10-13 - Ecco Epkema, Dutch linguist (Frisian, old-Frisian)
1764-01-01 - John Kinker, Dutch linguist/philosopher/poet (Minderjarige Zangster)
1764-02-15 - Jens I Baggesen, Danish writer/linguist (Danske V'rker)
1774-06-23 - Matthijs Siegenbeek, Dutch linguist (spelling)
1774-09-17 - Joseph Caspar Mezzofanti, Cardinal/linguist (understood 70 languages)
1805-10-23 - John Russell Bartlett, American linguist (d. 1886)
1813-01-04 - Louis L Bonaparte, English/French linguist/senator
1813-08-05 - Ivar A Aasen, Norwegian linguistic/poet
1813-11-29 - Franz von Miklosich, Slovenian linguist (d. 1891)
1815-03-13 - James Curtis Hepburn, American missionary and linguist (d. 1911)
1820-04-16 - Georg Curtius, German classical linguist
1820-11-09 - Matthias de Vries, Dutch linguist (spelling)
1827-03-08 - Wilhelm Bleek, German linguist (d. 1875)
1828-04-27 - Gerben Colmjon, Dutch Frisian linguist/publisher
1829-01-03 - Konrad Duden, German linguist (Der grosse Duden)
1830-07-17 - Eelco Refer, linguist (Dictionary for the Dutch translator)
1833-04-06 - Johan H C Kern, Dutch linguist (Sanskrit, Old Javan)
1838-02-16 - Arnoldus Pannevis, South African ship's doctor/linguist
1841-07-04 - Edward Gailliard, Flemish linguist/archaeologicalist
1843-07-29 - Johannes Schmidt, German linguist (d. 1901)
1852-02-16 - William Scarborough, Macon Ga, linguist/author (Birds of Aristophanes)
1857-11-26 - Ferdinand de Saussure, Swiss linguist (d. 1913)
1858-07-09 - Franz Boas, anthropologist/linguist (Mind of Primitive Man)
1859-12-15 - Ludwik L Zamenhof, Russian Poland, physician/linguist (Esperanto)
1860-07-16 - Jens Otto Harry Jespersen, linguist/philologist
1863-03-11 - Wobbe de Vries, Dutch linguist
1863-05-05 - Frederik A Stoett, linguist (Dutch Proverbs)
1863-09-06 - Rodolfo Lenz, German/Chilian linguist (El Papiamento)
1865-02-04 - Charles Bally, Swiss linguist (Le langage et la vie)
1865-09-15 - Nicolaus Adriani, linguist (Middle-Celebes languages)
1865-10-18 - Arie de Jong, Dutch linguist (d. 1957)
1865-12-19 - Hermann Hirt, Magdeburg Prussia, linguist (Indo-European Grammar)
1868-02-16 - Wilhelm Schmidt, German anthropologist/linguist (Anthropos)
1869-01-18 - Willem De Vreese, Flemish linguist/biblographer
1869-12-19 - Eduard Hermann, Coburg Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, German linguist (Homer)
1873-10-22 - Gustaf John Ramstedt, Finland-Swedish linguist and diplomat (d. 1950)
1873-12-22 - Matteo Giulio Bartoli, Austria-Hungary, linguist
1876-08-15 - Aleksandar Belic, Serb linguist
1879-07-03 - Alfred Korzybski, Polish linguist (d. 1950)
1881-06-01 - Charles Kay Ogden, English writer and linguist (d. 1957)
1882-01-12 - Jakob Jud, Swiss linguist/etymologist
1884-01-26 - Edward Sapir, Germany, linguist/antropologist (indians)
1887-02-24 - Mary Ellen Chase, US linguistic/author (White Gate)
1887-04-01 - Leonard Bloomfield, US linguist
1891-08-02 - Viktor Maksimovich Zhirmunsky, Russian literary historian, linguist (d. 1971)
1892-05-16 - Coenraad B van Haeringen, linguist/etymologist (Dutch Dictionary)
1894-04-20 - Martinus Nijhoff, poet/interpreter/linguistic (spelling)
1896-10-11 - Roman Jakobson, linguist/Slavic scholar (Fundamentals of Language)
1897-04-24 - Benjamin Lee Whorf, linguist (or 1797)
1898-03-14 - Arnold Chikobava, Georgian linguist (d. 1985)
1899-02-25 - Leo J Weisgerber, German linguist
1903-04-09 - Willem Pee, Belgian linguist
1905-08-20 - Jean Gebser, German-born author, linguist, and poet (d. 1973)
1906-10-30 - Alexander Gode, German-American linguist (d. 1970)
1908-02-11 - Sutan Takdir Alishahbana, Indonesian linguistic/author/novelist
1908-06-30 - Charles Camproux, French linguistic/author (Bestiari)
1909-06-01 - Hans Vogt, Norwegian linguist (d. 1986)
1909-10-12 - Zellig S Harris, US linguist
1912-06-12 - Jameel Jalibi, Pakistani scholar, writer, and Urdu linguist
1912-09-23 - Ghulam Mustafa Khan, Pakistani researcher, critic and linguist (d. 2005)
1913-07-25 - John Cairncross, linguist (5th Man)
1914-06-03 - Eugene Fuller, polymath/linguist
1915-05-28 - Joseph Greenberg, American linguist (d. 2001)
1917-12-15 - Shan-ul-Haq Haqqee, linguist and writer of Pakistan (d. 2005)
1919-09-19 - Harry Shorto, linguist
1923-09-17 - John Hale, linguist
1928-12-07 - Noam Chomsky, linguist (founded transformational grammar)
1929-05-04 - Sidney Lamb, American linguist
1935-04-22 - Christopher Ball, linguist/warden (Keble College-Oxford)
1937-12-03 - Binod Bihari Verma, Indian linguist
1944-06-26 - Ruth Kempson, linguist (SOAS)
1947-05-23 - Bernard Comrie, English linguist
1950-02-24 - G J M Gazdar, computational linguist
1967-02-11 - Scott Shay, American linguist
Famous Deaths
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0394-09-06 - Eugenius, linguistic/anti emperor of Rome (392-94), dies in battle
0440-02-19 - Mesrop Mashtots, Armenian monk, theologian and linguist (b. 361/362)
0869-02-14 - Saint Cyril, Greek monk, scholar, theologian and linguist (b. 827)
1653-09-03 - Claudius Salmasius, [Claude Saumaise], French linguistic, dies at 65
1676-10-25 - Justus G Schottel [Schottelius], German linguistic/poet, dies at 64
1707-06-24 - Kaspar von Stieler, German linguist/poet, dies at 74
1715-12-15 - George Hickes, English linguist (Old German Philology), dies at 73
1826-10-03 - Jens I Baggesen, Danish writer/linguist (Labyrinth), dies
1832-02-01 - Ecco Epkema, Dutch classic linguist (Frisian/Old Frisian), dies at 71
1849-03-15 - Giuseppe Caspar Mezzofanti, Italian cardinal and linguist (b. 1774)
1868-12-06 - August Schleicher, German linguist (b. 1821)
1875-08-17 - Wilhelm Bleek, German linguist (b. 1827)
1884-08-14 - Arnoldus Pannevis, South African shipping agent/linguist, dies at 46
1884-12-28 - Gerben Colmjon, Frisian linguist/publisher, dies at 56
1885-08-12 - Georg Curtius, German classical/linguist/philologist, dies at 65
1892-08-09 - Matthias de Vries, linguistic (spelling), dies
1894-08-16 - Herman van der Tuuk, Dutch linguist (Toba Batak grammar), dies at 70
1896-09-23 - Ivar A Aasen, Norwegian linguistic/poet, dies at 83
1907-07-06 - August Johann Gottfried Bielenstein, German Linguist, Theologian (b. 1826)
1911-06-11 - James Curtis Hepburn, American missionary and linguist (b. 1815)
1911-08-01 - Konrad Duden, German linguist (Das, grosse Duden Lexicon), dies
1913-02-22 - Ferdinand Mongin de Saussure, Swiss linguist, dies at 55
1917-04-14 - Lew [Lejzer L] Zamenhof, Polish doc/linguist (Esperanto), dies at 57
1917-07-04 - Johan H C Kern, Dutch linguist (Sanskreet), dies at 84
1936-04-27 - Frederik A Stoett, linguist (Dutch Proverbs), dies at 72
1936-09-12 - Hermann Hirt, German linguist (Indo-European Grammar), dies at 70
1938-01-10 - Willem de Vreese, Flemish linguist, dies at 68
1939-02-04 - Edward Sapir, US linguist/cultural antropologist (indian), dies at 55
1942-02-06 - Wobbe de Vries, Dutch linguist, dies at 78
1946-01-23 - Matteo Giulio Bartoli, linguist, dies at 72
1949-04-18 - Leonard Bloomfield, linguist/philosopher, dies
1950-02-14 - Eduard Hermann, German linguist (Homer), dies at 80
1950-11-25 - Gustaf John Ramstedt, Finland-Swedish linguist and diplomat (b. 1873)
1952-05-26 - Damaso Alonso, Spanish linguistic/poet (Hombrey Dios), dies at 55
1952-06-15 - Jakob Jud, Swiss linguist/etymologist, dies at 70
1952-12-12 - Bedřich Hrozný, Czech orientalist and linguist (b. 1879)
1953-01-27 - Martinus Nijhoff, Dutch poet/interpreter/linguist, dies at 58
1953-02-26 - Martinus Nijhoff, Dutch poet/linguist (spelling), dies at 58
1955-03-29 - Everard Verachtert, Flemish linguist (I Can Speak Nicely), dies at 81
1960-02-26 - Aleksandar Belic, Swedish linguist, dies at 83
1973-05-14 - Jean Gebser, German-born author, linguist, and poet (b. 1905)
1985-11-05 - Arnold Chikobava, Georgian linguist (b. 1898)
1986-05-20 - Willem Pee, Belgian linguistic, dies at 83
1986-09-25 - Hans Vogt, Norwegian linguist (b. 1909)
1989-03-11 - Johan Fleerackers, Flemish linguist, dies at 57
1992-05-22 - Zellig Harris, American linguist (b. 1909)
1994-07-19 - Nathan Susskind, Slovak/US linguist (Yiddish), dies at 87
1995-01-19 - Eugene Fuller, polymath/linguist, dies at 80
1995-07-30 - Harry Shorto, linguist, dies at 75
1995-10-08 - John Cairncross, linguist (5th Man), dies at 82
1999-03-31 - Yuri Knorozov, Russian linguist (b. 1922)
2005-01-08 - Michel Thomas, Polish linguist (b. 1914)
2005-09-25 - Ghulam Mustafa Khan, Pakistani critic and linguist (b. 1912)
2005-10-11 - Shan-ul-Haq Haqqee, Linguist, and writer of Pakistan (b. 1917)
2008-12-19 - Carol Chomsky, American linguist and education specialist (b. 1930)
2009-07-11 - Ji Xianlin, Chinese linguist and paleographer (b.1911)
