Franz Bopp

Franz Bopp

male, deceased (1867)
Franz Bopp was a German linguist known for extensive comparative work on Indo-European languages.

Neil Smith

male, 70 years old
Neilson Voyne Smith FBA, better known as Neil Smith (born 1939) is Emeritus Professor of Linguistics at University College London. He wrote his PhD...
Johannes Schmidt

Johannes Schmidt

male, deceased (1901)
Johannes Schmidt was a German linguist. He developed the "Wellentheorie" ('wave theory') of language development. Johannes Schmidt was born in...
Anna Wierzbicka

Anna Wierzbicka

female, 71 years old
Anna Wierzbicka (b. 1938) was born in Poland and is a linguist at the Australian National University. She is primarily known for her work in...

Peter T. Daniels

male
Peter T. Daniels is a scholar of writing systems. He was co-editor (with William Bright) of the book "The World's Writing Systems" (1996), and he...
David Pesetsky

David Pesetsky

male
David Michael Pesetsky is Ferrari P. Ward Professor of Modern Languages and Linguistics at MIT. He has published numerous articles and books within...
Howard Lasnik

Howard Lasnik

male, 64 years old
Howard Lasnik (born July 3, 1945) is Professor of Linguistics at the University of Maryland. He studied at the Carnegie Institute of Technology...
Dan Sperber

Dan Sperber

male
Dan Sperber is a French anthropologist, linguist and cognitive scientist, currently a Research Director at the Jean Nicod Institute, CNRS. He is...
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...

Sheila Dooley

female, 50 years old
Sheila A. Dooley (born March 18, 1959 in New Iberia, Louisiana) is a professor of linguistics at the University of Arizona. She is the coauthor of...