Frédéric Mistral

male, deceased (1914)
Frédéric Mistral was a French poet who led the 19th century revival of Occitan (Provençal) language and literature. He was a key figure in the lit...

Philipp Nikodemus Frischlin

male, deceased (1590)
Philipp Nikodemus Frischlin, German philologist and poet, was born at Balingen in Württemberg, where his father was parish minister. He was e...
Eugene Aram

Eugene Aram

male, deceased (1759)
Eugene Aram (1704 - August 6, 1759), English philologist, but also infamous as the murderer celebrated by Hood in his ballad, "The Dream of Eugene...

Walter Burkert

male, 78 years old
Walter Burkert (born Neuendettelsau, Bavaria, February 2, 1931), a scholar of Greek mythology and cult, is an emeritus professor of classics at the...
Pieter Burmann The Younger

Pieter Burmann The Younger

male, deceased (1788)
Pieter Burmann (October 13, 1714 - June 24, 1778), called by himself the Younger ("Secundus") to distinguish himself from his uncle, was a Dutch...
Johann Georg Baiter

Johann Georg Baiter

male, deceased (1877)
Johann Georg Baiter, was a Swiss philologist and textual critic. He was born at Zürich, where he received his early education. He went on in 1818 t...
Geronimo Mercuriali

Geronimo Mercuriali

male, deceased (1606)
Geronimo (or Girolamo) Mercuriali (or Mercuriale; also known by his Latin name of "Hieronymus Mercurialis") (September 30, 1530-November 13, 1606)...
Julian Burnside

Julian Burnside

male, 60 years old
Julian William Kennedy Burnside QC (born June 9, 1949) is an Australian barrister, human rights and refugee advocate, and author. He is known for...
Antoine Meillet

Antoine Meillet

male, deceased (1936)
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...

Francisco José Freire

male, deceased (1773)
Francisco José Freire (January 3, 1719 - July 5, 1773), Portuguese historian and philologist, was born at Lisbon. He belonged to the monastic s...