Ferdinand de Saussure

Ferdinand de Saussure

male, deceased (1913)
Ferdinand de Saussure (November 26, 1857 – February 22, 1913) was a Geneva-born Swiss linguist whose ideas laid the foundation for many of the si...

Charles Bally

male, deceased (1947)
Charles Bally was a French linguist. He lived from 1865 to 1947 and was, like Ferdinand de Saussure, from Switzerland. His parents were Jean...
William Dwight Whitney

William Dwight Whitney

male, deceased (1894)
William Dwight Whitney (1827-1894) was an American linguist, philologist, and lexicographer who edited "The Century Dictionary". Born in...