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...
Ferdinand de Saussure

Ferdinand de Saussure

male, deceased (1913)
linguist, structuralism, Semiotician, linguistics, Swiss, semiotics…indo-europeanist
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...
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
August Schleicher was a German linguist. His great work was "A Compendium of the Comparative Grammar of the Indo-European Languages", in which he...
Franz Bopp

Franz Bopp

male, deceased (1867)
linguist, Über die Sprache und Weisheit der Indier, On the Speech and Wisdom of the Indian, Louis Mathieu Langlès, Karl J Windischmann, LM Langlès…indo-europeanist, indo-european language
Franz Bopp was a German linguist known for extensive comparative work on Indo-European languages.
Karl Brugmann

Karl Brugmann

male, deceased (1919)
linguist, German, Historical linguist, sanskrit, morphology, University of Leipzig…indo-europeanist, Indo-European linguistics
Karl Brugmann (1849-1919) was a German linguist. He is a towering figure in Indo-European linguistics. During most of his professional life...

Georges Dumézil

male, deceased (1986)
Member of the Académie française, Alumni of the École Normale Supérieure, French, Philologist, Polyglot, Indo-European mythology…indo-europeanist
Georges Dumézil was a French comparative philologist best known for his analysis of sovereignty and power in Proto-Indo-European religion and s...

Max Müller

male, deceased (1900)
Religion academic, Indian Studies, Indology, Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford, German, Orientalist…indo-europeanist
Friedrich Max Müller, more commonly known as Max Müller, was a German philologist and Orientalist, one of the founders of Indian studies, who vi...

Bruce Lincoln

male
University of Chicago alumni, University of Chicago Divinity School, Haverford College alumni, Indo-European religion, University of Chicago, indo-europeanist
Bruce Lincoln is Caroline E. Haskell Professor of the History of Religions in the Divinity School of the University of Chicago. His primary...
Jp Mallory

Jp Mallory

male
D.Q. Adams, Literary, Academic of Queen's University Belfast, Bronze Age, indo-europeanist, Queen's University, Belfast…Indo-European studies
James Patrick Mallory is an Irish-American archaeologist and Indo-Europeanist. Mallory is a professor at the Queen's University, Belfast. Mallory...
Julius Pokorny

Julius Pokorny

male, deceased (1970)
emigrant, switzerland, University of Berne, Etymologist, World War II, From Prague…indo-europeanist, Indo-European Etymological Dictionary
Julius Pokorny was a scholar of the Celtic languages, particularly Irish, and a supporter of Irish nationalism. He was born in Prague and studied...