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19th-century linguists

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Abel HermantAuthor · BooksAbel Hermant (3 February 1862 – 29 September 1950) was a French novelist, playwright, essayist and writer, and member of the Académie française.
Adolf ČernýAuthor · BooksAdolf Černý (19 August 1864 in Hradec Králové – 27 December 1952 in Prague) was a Czech linguist, translator, poet and journalist, as well as professor of Slavic studies in Prague.
Adolf ToblerAuthor · BooksAdolf Tobler (24 May 1835 – 18 March 1910) was a Swiss-German linguist and a philologist.
Agnes O'FarrellyAuthor · BooksAgnes O'Farrelly (born Agnes Winifred Farrelly; 24 June 1874 – 5 November 1951; Úna Ní Fhaircheallaigh), also known by her nom-de-plume Uan Uladh, was an academic and professor of Irish at…
Ágoston PávelAuthor · BooksÁgoston Pável, also known in Slovenian as Avgust Pavel (28 August 1886, Cankova, Kingdom of Hungary, today in Slovenia – 2 January 1946, Szombathely, Hungary) was a Hungarian Slovene poet,…
Ahmed ShawqiAuthor · BooksAhmed Shawqi (Aḥmad Shawqī; 1868–1932), nicknamed the Prince of Poets (Amīr al-Shu‘arā’), was an Egyptian poet laureate, linguist, and one of the most famous Arabic literary writers of the…
Alexander Keith JohnstonAuthor · Maps and atlasesAlexander Keith Johnston FRSE FRGS FGS FEGS LLD (died 9 July 1871) was a Scottish geographer and cartographer.
Alexandru MacedonskiAuthor · BooksAlexandru Macedonski (alekˈsandru mat͡ʃeˈdonski; also rendered as Al.
Alois KayserAuthor · BooksAlois Kayser (March 29, 1877 in Lupstein, Alsace – October 21, 1944 in Chuuk) was a German-French Roman Catholic missionary who spent almost forty years on Nauru and wrote a Nauruan grammar…
Alojz GradnikAuthor · BooksAlojz Gradnik (August 3, 1882 – July 14, 1967) was a Slovenian poet and translator.
Antanas BaranauskasAuthor · BooksAntanas Baranauskas (Antoni Baranowski; 17 January 1835 – 26 November 1902) was a Lithuanian poet, mathematician and Catholic bishop of Sejny.
Antoni Edward OdyniecAuthor · BooksIllustration — Antoni Edward Odyniec. Portrait by Maksymilian Fajans.
Antoni LangeAuthor · BooksPrecursor to existentialism, collage, imagism and science-fiction
António Feliciano de CastilhoAuthor · BooksAntónio Feliciano de Castilho, 1st Viscount of Castilho (28 January 180018 June 1875) was a Portuguese writer.
Apollo KorzeniowskiAuthor · BooksApollo Korzeniowski (21 February 1820 – 23 May 1869) was a Polish poet, playwright, translator, clandestine political activist, and father of Polish-British novelist Joseph Conrad.
Arne NovákAuthor · BooksIllustration — Arne Novák before 1929
Arthur LeistAuthor · BooksArthur Leist was a German linguist, journalist, translator and writer (1852–1927). He was born in Wrocław and died in Tbilisi.
Arvid GenetzAuthor · BooksArvid Genetz was a politician, anthropologist, poet, linguist, folklorist and university teacher (1848–1915). He was born in Impilahti and died in Helsinki.
August StöberAuthor · BooksIllustration — August Stöber
Augusta, Lady GregoryAuthor · BooksIsabella Augusta, Lady Gregory (Persse; 15 March 1852 – 22 May 1932) was an Anglo-Irish dramatist, folklorist and theatre manager.
Aurobindo GhoshAuthor · BooksSri Aurobindo (born Aurobindo Ghosh; 15 August 1872 – 5 December 1950) was an Indian philosopher, yogi and nationalist, who is noted for his participation in the movement for India's…
Babette DeutschAuthor · BooksBabette Deutsch (September 22, 1895 – November 13, 1982) was an American poet, critic, translator, and novelist.
Benjamin FondanePerson · Film memorabiliaBenjamin Fondane (lang) or Benjamin Fundoianu (born Benjamin Wechsler, Wexler or Vecsler, first name also Beniamin or Barbu, usually abridged to B;
C. S. LewisAuthor · BooksClive Staples Lewis (29 November 1898 – 22 November 1963) was a British author, literary scholar and Anglican lay theologian.
Chang Ping-linAuthor · Books
Charlotte GuestAuthor · BooksLady Charlotte Elizabeth Guest (née Bertie; 19 May 1812 – 15 January 1895), later Lady Charlotte Schreiber, was an English aristocrat who is best known as the first publisher in modern…
Christianus Cornelius UhlenbeckPhotographer · PhotographyChristianus Cornelius Uhlenbeck (18 October 1866 – 12 August 1951) was a Dutch linguist and anthropologist with a wide variety of research interests.
Claudius Henricus de GoejeAuthor · Maps and atlasesClaudius Henricus de Goeje (4 May 1879 – 8 June 1955) was a Dutch Navy officer and cartographer, who took a special interest in the Wayana and Tiriyó peoples he encountered on his…
Dámaso AlonsoAuthor · BooksDámaso Alonso y Fernández de las Redondas (22 October 1898 – 25 January 1990) was a Spanish poet, philologist and literary critic.
Daniel Garrison BrintonAuthor · BooksDaniel Garrison Brinton (May 13, 1837July 31, 1899) was an American archeologist, ethnologist, and surgeon.
Dmitry Svyatopolk-MirskyAuthor · Books7 June 1939), a Russian political and literary historian who promoted the knowledge and t
Edward Denison RossAuthor · BooksIllustration — Edward Denison Ross (John Lavery, 1922)
Edward StorerAuthor · BooksEdward Augustine Storer (1880–1944) was an English writer, translator, and poet.
Elias BlixAuthor · BooksElias Blix (24 February 1836 – 17 January 1902) was a Norwegian professor, theologian, hymn writer, and a politician for the Liberal Party.
Elizaveta PolonskayaAuthor · BooksElizaveta Grigorevna Polonskaya (Елизаве́та Григо́рьевна Поло́нская), born Movshenson
Eugen RelgisAuthor · BooksEugen D. Relgis (backward reading of Eisig D. Sigler; first name also Eugenio, Eugène or Eugene, last name also Siegler or Siegler Watchel;
Eugene BuechelPhotographer · PhotographyEugene Buechel was born on October 20, 1874, in Schleida, now Schleid, in the Grand Duchy of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, Germany, and died October 27, 1954, in O'Neill, Nebraska, United States.
Ferdinand FreiligrathAuthor · BooksIllustration — Ferdinand Freiligrath in 1851
Ferdynand Antoni OssendowskiAuthor · Maps and atlasesFerdynand Antoni Ossendowski (fɛrˈdɨnant anˈtɔɲi ɔssɛnˈdɔfskʲi; 27 May 1876 – 3 January 1945) was a Polish writer, explorer, university professor, and anticommunist political activist.
Ferenc ToldyAuthor · BooksFerenc Toldy (born Franz Karl Joseph Schedel, August 10, 1805, in Buda - December 10, 1875, in Budapest) was a literary critic from the Austrian Empire and later Austria-Hungary.
Fleeming JenkinAuthor · BooksHenry Charles Fleeming Jenkin FRS FRSE (25 March 1833 – 12 June 1885) was a British engineer, inventor, economist, linguist, actor and dramatist known as the inventor of the cable car or…
Fran LevstikAuthor · BooksFran Levstik (28 September 1831 – 16 November 1887) was a Slovene writer, political activist, playwright and critic.
Fran Saleški FinžgarAuthor · BooksFran Saleški Finžgar (February 9, 1871 – June 2, 1962) was perhaps the most popular Slovene folk writer.
François-Marie LuzelAuthor · BooksFrançois-Marie Luzel (6 June 1821 – 26 February 1895), often known by his Breton name Fañch an Uhel, was a French folklorist and Breton-language poet.
Franz BleiPerson · Film memorabiliaFranz Blei (pseudonyms: Medardus, Dr. Peregrinus Steinhövel, Amadée de la Houlette, Franciscus Amadeus, Gussie Mc-Bill, Prokop Templin, Heliogabal, Nikodemus Schuster, L. O. G, Hans Adolar;
Franz HesselAuthor · BooksFranz Hessel (November 21, 1880 – January 6, 1941) was a German writer and translator.
Friedrich Max MüllerAuthor · BooksFriedrich Max Müller (6 December 1823 – 28 October 1900) was a German-born British comparative philologist and Orientalist.
Georg BüchmannAuthor · BooksGeorg Büchmann (lang; 4 January 1822 – 24 February 1884) was a German philologist. He was born in Berlin, and died there in Schöneberg.
Georg MorgenstierneAuthor · BooksGeorg Valentin von Munthe af Morgenstierne (2 January 1892 – 3 March 1978) was a Norwegian professor of linguistics with the University of Oslo (UiO).
George BorrowAuthor · BooksGeorge Henry Borrow (5 July 1803 – 26 July 1881) was an English writer of novels and of travel based on personal experiences in Europe.
George CoșbucAuthor · BooksGeorge Coșbuc (20 September 1866 – 9 May 1918) was a Romanian poet, translator, teacher, and journalist, best remembered for his verses describing, praising and eulogizing rural life, its…
Giorgi LeonidzeAuthor · BooksGiorgi Leonidze (Georgian: გიორგი ლეონიძე; 27 December 1899 – 9 August 1966) was a Georgian poet, prose writer, and literary scholar.
Graciliano RamosAuthor · BooksGraciliano Ramos de Oliveira (ɡɾasiliˈɐnu ˈʁɐmuz dʒi oliˈvejɾɐ; October 27, 1892 – March 20, 1953) was a Brazilian modernist writer, politician and journalist.
Guillaume de JerphanionPhotographer · PhotographyGuillaume de Jerphanion, born in Pontevès in 1877, died in Rome on 22 October 1948, was a French Jesuit, archaeologist and explorer of Cappadocia.
Hans E. KinckAuthor · BooksHans Ernst Kinck (11 October 1865 – 13 October 1926) was a Norwegian author and philologist who wrote novels, short stories, dramas, and essays.
Harriet MartineauAuthor · BooksHarriet Martineau (12 June 1802 – 27 June 1876) was an English social theorist.[2] She wrote from a sociological, holistic, religious and feminine angle, translated works by Auguste Comte,…
Heinrich August JäschkeAuthor · BooksHeinrich August Jäschke (17 May 1817 in Herrnhut – 24 September 1883) was a German Tibetologist missionary and Bible translator.
Helen KellerAuthor · BooksHelen Adams Keller (June 27, 1880 – June 1, 1968) was an American author, disability rights advocate, political activist and lecturer.
Hendrik MarsmanAuthor · BooksHendrik Marsman (30 September 1899 – 21 June 1940) was a Dutch poet and writer. He died while escaping to Great Britain, when the ship he was sailing on, the S.S.
Henri d'Arbois de JubainvilleAuthor · BooksIllustration — Henri d'Arbois de Jubainville
Henry Edward KrehbielAuthor · BooksHenry Edward Krehbiel (10 March 1854 – 20 March 1923) was an American music critic and musicologist who was the chief music critic of The New York Tribune for more than forty years.
Hermynia Zur MühlenAuthor · BooksHermynia Zur Mühlen (12 December 1883 – 20 March 1951), or Folliot de Crenneville-Poutet, was an Austrian writer and translator.
Hjalmar GullbergAuthor · BooksHjalmar Gullberg (30 May 1898 – 19 July 1961) was a Swedish poet and translator.
I. A. RichardsAuthor · BooksIvor Armstrong Richards CH (26 February 1893 – 7 September 1979), known as I. A. Richards, was an English educator, literary critic, poet, and rhetorician.
Ioannis PsycharisAuthor · BooksIoannis (Yiannis) Psycharis (Greek: Ιωάννης (Γιάννης) Ψυχάρης; French: Jean Psychari; 1854–1929) was a Russian-born philologist who was much of his life a national of France.
Ivan Kukuljević SakcinskiAuthor · BooksIvan Kukuljević Sakcinski (ǐʋan kukǔːʎeʋit͡ɕ sǎkt͡sinskiː; 29 May 1816 – 1 August 1889) was a Croatian historian, politician, and writer, most famous for delivering the first speech in…
Ivan MažuranićAuthor · BooksIvan Mažuranić (11 August 1814 – 4 August 1890) was a Croatian poet, linguist, lawyer and politician who is considered to be one of the most important figures in Croatia's political and…
Ivan OlbrachtAuthor · BooksIvan Olbracht, born Kamil Zeman (6 January 1882 – 20 December 1952), was a Czech writer, journalist, censor and translator of German prose.
Ivan PuliuiAuthor · BooksIvan Pavlovych Puluj (pron; Johann Puluj; 2 February 1845 – 31 January 1918) was a Ukrainian physicist and inventor known for his early research into X-rays.
Ivan von MüllerPerson · Music memorabiliaIvan von Müller (20 May 1830 in Wunsiedel, Bavaria – 20 July 1917 in Munich) was a German classical philologist.
Ivar Andreas AasenAuthor · BooksIvar Andreas Aasen (5 August 1813 – 23 September 1896) was a Norwegian philologist, lexicographer, playwright, and poet.
Ivor Thord-GrayAuthor · BooksIvor Thord-Gray (born Thord Ivar Hallström) (April 17, 1878 – August 18, 1964) was a Swedish-born adventurer, sailor, prison guard, soldier, government official, police officer, rubber…
Izidor CankarAuthor · BooksIllustration — Izidor Cankar in the 1920s
J. R. R. TolkienIllustrator · IllustrationJohn Ronald Reuel Tolkien (3 January 1892 – 2 September 1973) was an English writer and academic philologist.
Jan Arnošt SmolerAuthor · BooksJan Arnošt Smoler (Johann Ernst Schmaler; born 3 March 1816, Merzdorf, Boxberg, Saxony – died 13 June 1884, Bautzen) was a Sorbian philologist and writer.
Janko JesenskýAuthor · BooksBaron Ján Jesenský (30 December 1874 in Tučiansky Svätý Martin (Túrócszentmárton), Kingdom of Hungary (present day Martin, Slovakia) – 27 December 1945 in Bratislava, Czechoslovakia) was a…
Jaroslav VrchlickýAuthor · BooksJaroslav Vrchlický (ˈjaroslav ˈvr̩xlɪtskiː; 17 February 1853 – 9 September 1912) was a Czech lyrical poet. He was nominated for the Nobel prize in literature eight times.
Jeremiah CurtinAuthor · BooksJeremiah Curtin (6 September 1835 – 14 December 1906) was an American ethnographer, folklorist, and translator. Curtin had an abiding interest in languages and was conversant with several.
Joaquín García IcazbalcetaAuthor · BooksIllustration — Joaquín García Icazbalceta
Joel LehtonenAuthor · BooksJoel Lehtonen (27 November 1881 – 20 November 1934) was a Finnish author, translator, critic and journalist. He was born in Sääminki (now part of Savonlinna).
Johan HuizingaArtist · PaintingsJohan Huizinga (lang; 7 December 1872 – 1 February 1945) was a Dutch historian and one of the founders of modern cultural history.
Johann Georg von HahnAuthor · BooksJohann Georg von Hahn (11 July 1811 – 23 September 1869) was a German diplomat, philologist and specialist in Albanian history, language and culture, who spent the majority of his career…
Johannes AavikAuthor · BooksJohannes Aavik (8 December [O.S. 26 November] 1880 – 18 March 1973) was an Estonian linguist and innovator of the Estonian language.
Johannes SemperAuthor · BooksIllustration — Johannes Semper, 1930s
José MartíAuthor · BooksJosé Julián Martí Pérez (Spanish: [xoˈse maɾˈti]; 28 January 1853 – 19 May 1895) was a Cuban nationalist, poet, philosopher, essayist, journalist, translator, professor, and publisher, who…
José RizalArtist · PaintingsJosé Protasio Rizal Mercado y Alonso Realonda (lang, lang; June 19, 1861 – December 30, 1896) was a Filipino nationalist, writer, and polymath active at the end of the Spanish colonial…
Józef Bohdan ZaleskiAuthor · BooksJózef Bohdan Zaleski (14 February 1802 – 31 March 1886) was a Polish Romantic poet. A friend of Adam Mickiewicz, Zaleski founded the Ukrainian poetic school.
Julian TuwimAuthor · BooksJulian Tuwim (13 September 1894 – 27 December 1953), known also under the pseudonym Oldlen as a lyricist, was a Polish poet, born in Łódź, then part of the Russian Partition.
Julius OppertAuthor · BooksJulius (Jules) Oppert (9 July 1825 – 21 August 1905) was a French-German Assyriologist, born in Hamburg of Jewish parents.
Junzaburō NishiwakiAuthor · BooksJunzaburō Nishiwaki was a Japanese poet and literary critic, active in Shōwa period Japan, specializing in modernism, Dadaism and surrealism. He was also a noted painter of watercolors.
Karl August HermannAuthor · BooksKarl August Hermann (23 September 1851 – 11 January 1909) was an Estonian writer, publicist, linguist and composer.
Karl GützlaffAuthor · BooksKarl Friedrich August Gützlaff (8 July 1803 – 9 August 1851), anglicised as Charles Gutzlaff, was a German Lutheran missionary to the Far East, notable as one of the first Protestant…
Kostandin KristoforidhiAuthor · BooksKostandin Nelko (22 May 1827 – 7 March 1895), known as Kostandin Kristoforidhi, was an Albanian translator and scholar of Greek descent.
Kunio YanagitaAuthor · BooksKunio Yanagita was a Japanese author, scholar, ethnographer, and folklorist. He began his career as a bureaucrat, but developed an interest in rural Japan and its folk traditions.
Kyōsuke KindaichiPerson · Film memorabiliaMay 5, 1882 – November 14, 1971 was a Japanese linguist, chiefly known for his dictations of yukar, or sagas of the Ainu people, as well as his study of the Matagi dialect.
Lasgush PoradeciAuthor · BooksLlazar Sotir Gusho (pronounced [ɫaˈzar sɔˈtiɾ guˈʃo]; 27 December 1899 – 12 November 1987), commonly known by the pen name Lasgush Poradeci, was an Albanian philologist, poet, translator,…
Leopoldo CanoAuthor · BooksLeopoldo Cano y Masas (13 November 1844 – 9 April 1934) was a Spanish soldier, poet and playwright associated with the Realist movement.
Lewis SpenceAuthor · BooksJames Lewis Thomas Chalmers Spence (25 November 1874 – 3 March 1955) was a Scottish journalist, poet, author, folklorist and occult scholar.
Ljudevit GajAuthor · BooksLjudevit Gaj (lang; born Ludwig Gay; 8 August 1809 – 20 April 1872) was a Croatian linguist, politician, journalist and writer.
Lorenz DiefenbachAuthor · BooksGeorg Anton Lorenz Diefenbach (19 July 1806, Ostheim, Landgraviate of Hesse-Darmstadt – 28 March 1883, Darmstadt) was a German philologist and lexicographer, as well as a novelist…
Lucian BlagaAuthor · BooksLucian Blaga (Romanian: [lutʃiˈan ˈblaɡa]; 9 May 1895 – 6 May 1961) was a Romanian philosopher, poet, playwright, poetry translator and novelist.
Ľudovít ŠtúrAuthor · BooksĽudovít Štúr (Sk-Ludovit Stur.ogg; 28 October 1815 – 12 January 1856), also known as Ľudovít Velislav Štúr, was a Slovak revolutionary, philosopher, politician and writer.
Ludwig FuldaAuthor · BooksLudwig Anton Salomon Fulda (July 7, 1862 – March 7, 1939) was a German playwright and poet, with a strong social commitment.
Machado de AssisAuthor · BooksJoaquim Maria Machado de Assis (lang), sometimes called Bruxo do Cosme Velho (21 June 1839 – 29 September 1908), was a pioneer Brazilian novelist, poet, playwright and short story writer,…
Maksim BahdanovičAuthor · BooksMaksim Adamavich Bahdanovich (makˈsʲim aˈdamavʲid͡ʐ baɣdaˈnɔvʲit͡ɕ; 9 December 1891 – 25 May 1917) was a Belarusian poet, journalist, translator, literary critic and historian of…
Mario BenzingAuthor · BooksIllustration — Benzing circa 1925
Martin HattalaAuthor · BooksIllustration — Martin Hattala (1863)
Mary Elizabeth ByrneAuthor · BooksMary Elizabeth Byrne, M.A. (2 July 1880 – 19 January 1931) was an Irish linguist, author, and journalist.
Maurice GrevisseAuthor · BooksMaurice Grevisse (7 October 1895 – 4 July 1980) was a Belgian grammarian.
Mihály VörösmartyAuthor · Books
Mikalojus AkelaitisAuthor · BooksMikalojus Akelaitis (Mikołaj Akielewicz, also known by pen-name Juras Varnelis; 1829–1887) was a Lithuanian writer, publicist and amateur linguist, one of the early figures of the…
Mikhail BakhtinAuthor · BooksMikhail Mikhailovich Bakhtin[1] (mʲɪxɐˈil mʲɪˈxajləvʲɪdʑ bɐxˈtʲin; – 7 March 1975) was a Russian philosopher and literary critic who worked on the philosophy of language, ethics, and…
Mikhail MikhailovAuthor · BooksMikhail Mikhailov was a Russian linguist, poet, journalist, translator and writer (1829–1865). He was born in Ufa and died in Kadaya.
Milovan GlišićAuthor · BooksMilovan Glišić (6 January 1847 – 20 January 1908) was a Serbian writer, dramatist, translator, and literary theorist. He is sometimes referred to as the Serbian Gogol.
Nahum SokolowAuthor · BooksNahum ben Joseph Samuel Sokolow (Nachum ben Yosef Shmuel Soqolov; 10 January 1859 – 17 May 1936) was a Jewish-Polish writer, translator, and journalist, the fifth President of the World…
Naomi MitchisonAuthor · BooksNaomi Mary Margaret Mitchison, Baroness Mitchison (née Haldane; 1 November 1897 – 11 January 1999) was a Scottish novelist and poet.
Näqi İsänbätAuthor · BooksNäqi İsänbät (tt-Cyrl; Naki Isanbet; December 29, 1899 – September 12, 1992), also anglicized as Nakie Isanbet, was a Tatar-language writer, encyclopaedist, poet, playwright, prosaist,…
Niccolò TommaseoAuthor · BooksNiccolò Tommaseo (9 October 1802 – 1 May 1874) was a Dalmatian Italian linguist, journalist and essayist, the editor of a Dizionario della Lingua Italiana (A Dictionary of the Italian…
Nicolaus AdrianiPhotographer · PhotographyNicolaus Adriani (15 September 1865 – 5 August 1926) was a Dutch linguist who worked in Indonesia. He studied linguistics of the East Indies at Leiden University, obtaining his PhD in 1893.
Olavo BilacAuthor · BooksOlavo Brás Martins dos Guimarães Bilac (16 December 1865 – 28 December 1918), known simply as Olavo Bilac (oˈlavu biˈlak(i)), was a Brazilian Parnassian poet, journalist and translator.

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