Uriel Weinreich

Uriel Weinreich

male, deceased (1967)
Languages in Contact, linguistics, linguist, LCAAJ, Yiddish dialects, dialectology…LinguistofYiddish, yiddish
Uriel Weinreich (1926 - 1967) was a world famous linguist at Columbia University. Born in Vilnius (then part of Poland and now capital of...
Solomon Birnbaum

Solomon Birnbaum

male, deceased (1989)
German, Austro-Hungarian Army, English, Jewish person, Canadian, University of London…linguist, yiddish, LinguistofYiddish, University of Hamburg, School of Oriental and African Studies
Solomon Birnbaum, also "Salomon", "Solomon" "A"["scher"] "Birnbaum" or "Solomon Ascher", (December 24, 1891, Vienna – 1989) was a Yiddish and He...
Leonard Talmy

Leonard Talmy

male
yiddish, LinguistofYiddish, University at Buffalo, American, philosophy, Cognitive scientist…linguist
Leonard Talmy is a professor of linguistics and philosophy at the University at Buffalo in New York. He is most famous for his pioneering work in...
Max Weinreich

Max Weinreich

male, deceased (1969)
yiddish, Goldingen, Kuldiga, YIVO Institute for Jewish Research, Courland, Yiddish language…linguist, LinguistofYiddish
Max Weinreich (1893/94 Goldingen, Courland (Kuldiga, Latvia) - 1969 New York City, USA) was a linguist, specializing in Yiddish, and the father of...
Mordkhe Schaechter

Mordkhe Schaechter

male, deceased (2007)
hebrew, Ashkenazic, jewish history, germanic, aramaic, Hebrew alphabet…LinguistofYiddish, yiddish
Itsye Mordkhe Schaechter was a leading Yiddish linguist, as well as a writer and educator who spent a lifetime studying, standardizing and teaching...

Marvin Herzog

male
Columbia University, Yiddish dialects, Yiddish Atlas Project, Marvin (Mikhl) I. Herzog, The Language and Culture Atlas of Ashkenazic Jewry, Ph.D.…LinguistofYiddish, yiddish
Marvin (Mikhl) I. Herzog (born ?) is a Yiddish language Professor at Columbia University. He runs the Yiddish Atlas Project at Columbia, which...

Alexander Harkavy

male, deceased (1939)
vilna, linguistics, LinguistofYiddish, Jewish American, linguist, Lexicographer…yiddish
Alexander Harkavy (Александр Гаркави "Aleksandr Garkavi", May 5, 1863, born at Nowogrudok, Minsk guberniya ("governate"), Russia (now Navahrudak,...
Michael Wex

Michael Wex

male
novelist, Playwright, Canadian, Jewish person, LinguistofYiddish, From Lethbridge, Alberta
Michael Wex (born 1954 in Lethbridge, Alberta) is a Canadian novelist, playwright, lecturer, performer, and author of books on language and...
Mark R.V. Southern

Mark R.V. Southern

male, deceased (2006)
hebrew, yiddish, German, ancient greek, French, Russian…LinguistofYiddish, Yiddish language
Mark Roderick Vendrell Southern (March 3, 1961 - March 15, 2006) was an Indo-Europeanist and professor of German and linguistics. His research and...