Eduard Hermann (linguist), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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German linguist
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Place of Birth: Coburg, Germany
About Eduard Hermann (linguist)
- Eduard Hermann (19 December 1869 – 14 February 1950) was a German linguist known for his comparative studies of Indo-European languages. Hermann studied in Leipzig, Freiburg and Jena and defended his PhD in 1893 under Berthold Delbrück.
- After that he worked at various schools in Coburg and Bergedorf; in 1913 he became an associate professor at the University of Kiel, and in 1914 a full professor in Frankfurt.
- In 1917 he succeeded Jacob Wackernagel at the University of Göttingen.
- His work mainly focused on Baltic and Greek languages, and on Homer in particular.
- He also published some works on language acquisition by children.
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