William Jones

William Jones

male, deceased (1794)
Westminster, persian, linguist, Philologist, British, princess diana…Indo-European languages
Sir William Jones (September 28, 1746 - April 27, 1794) was an English philologist and student of ancient India, particularly known for his...
Calvert Watkins

Calvert Watkins

male
italic, celticist, Celtic languages, Italic languages, Indo-Iranian languages, Indo-Iranian…Anatolian languages, Indo-European languages, Indo-European Origins of the Celtic Verb I
Calvert Watkins is a professor Emeritus of linguistics and the classics at Harvard University and professor-in-residence at UCLA. His doctoral...
August Schleicher

August Schleicher

male, deceased (1868)
University of Bonn alumni, Indo-European languages, botany, Former student of the University of Bonn, Historical linguist, botanical…indo-europeanist, Slavic Languages, European languages, Language families and languages, Languages of Europe
August Schleicher was a German linguist. His great work was "A Compendium of the Comparative Grammar of the Indo-European Languages", in which he...
Carl Darling Buck

Carl Darling Buck

male, deceased (1955)
Yale University, University of Chicago, Philologist, sanskrit, greek, American…Indo-European languages, Indo-European comparative philology, Italic languages
Carl Darling Buck (October 2, 1866 - February 8, 1955), American philologist, was born in Bucksport, Maine. He graduated from Yale in 1886, was a...
Antoine Meillet

Antoine Meillet

male, deceased (1936)
linguist, French, Philologist, University of Paris, armenian, philology…indo-european, indo-europeanist, Indo-European languages
Antoine Meillet, was one of the most important French linguists of the early 20th century. Meillet began his studies at the Sorbonne, where he was...
Thomas V. Gamkrelidze

Thomas V. Gamkrelidze

male, 80 years old
Tsereteli Institute of Oriental Studies, Lenin Prize, scientist, from Kutaisi, Indo-European languages, Georgian Academy of Sciences…European Society of Linguistics, Ancient languages, indo-europeanist, indo-european
Thomas V. Gamkrelidze is a distinguished Georgian linguist, orientalist and public benefactor, Academician (since 1974) and President (since...
Craig Melchert

Craig Melchert

male (Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States)
linguistics, professor, Harvard University, Chinese language, chinese, Linguistic Society of America…Indo-European languages, Anatolian languages, indo-european
H. Craig Melchert is a linguist known particularly for his work on the Anatolian branch of Indo-European. He received his B.A. in German from...
Frederik Kortlandt

Frederik Kortlandt

male, 63 years old
dutch, linguist, Indo-European languages, slavic, economics, mathematics…Slavic Languages, Baltic languages, Indo-Uralic
Frederik Herman Henri (Frits) Kortlandt (June 19 1946, Utrecht, The Netherlands) is a professor of descriptive and comparative linguistics at...

Berthold Delbrück

male, deceased (1922)
linguist, German, syntax, Historical linguist, sanskrit, indo-europeanist…Indo-European languages
Berthold Delbrück was a German linguist who devoted himself to the study of the comparative syntax of the Indo-European languages. Delbrück was pr...
Douglas Q. Adams

Douglas Q. Adams

male
linguist, American, University of Idaho, indo-european, English, Indo-European languages
Douglas Q. Adams is a professor of English at the University of Idaho and an Indo-European comparativist.