Famous linguists

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Alexander Piatigorsky

Alexander Piatigorsky

1929 – 2009 · Age 80
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Ju Si-gyeong

Ju Si-gyeong

1876 – 1914 · Age 37
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Rita Lejeune

Rita Lejeune

1906 – 2009 · Age 102
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Cyrus Herzl Gordon

1908 – 2001 · Age 92
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Étienne Lamotte

1903 – 1983 · Age 79
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Adelbert von Keller

Adelbert von Keller

1812 – 1883 · Age 70
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Zenon Przesmycki

Zenon Przesmycki

1861 – 1944 · Age 82
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Vladimir Ivanow

1886 – 1970 · Age 83
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Per Aage Brandt

Per Aage Brandt

1944 – 2021 · Age 77
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Antônio Houaiss

Antônio Houaiss

1915 – 1999 · Age 83
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Leo Meyer

Leo Meyer

1830 – 1910 · Age 79
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Friedrich Lorentz

1870 – 1937 · Age 66
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Charles George Herbermann

Charles George Herbermann

1840 – 1916 · Age 75
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Witold Doroszewski

Witold Doroszewski

1899 – 1976 · Age 76
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T. F. O'Rahilly

1882 – 1953 · Age 71
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Thomas Kinsella

Thomas Kinsella

1928 – 2021 · Age 93
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Samuel Birch

Samuel Birch

1813 – 1885 · Age 72
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Theophilus Siegfried Bayer

1694 – 1738 · Age 44
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Mogens Herman Hansen

1940 – 2024 · Age 83
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Zamfir Arbore

Zamfir Arbore

1848 – 1933 · Age 84
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Ran Bosilek

Ran Bosilek

1886 – 1958 · Age 72
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Qian Xuantong

Qian Xuantong

1887 – 1939 · Age 52
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Justus Georg Schottel

Justus Georg Schottel

1612 – 1676 · Age 64
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Bohuslav Havránek

Bohuslav Havránek

1893 – 1978 · Age 85
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Alf Torp

Alf Torp

1853 – 1916 · Age 62
Deceased
Source: Wikidata Q14467526