Eduard Schwyzer, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Eduard Schwyzer

Swiss Classical philologist (1874-1943)

Date of Birth: 15-Feb-1874

Place of Birth: Zürich, canton of Zürich, Switzerland

Date of Death: 03-May-1943

Profession: university teacher, linguist, classical philologist

Nationality: Switzerland

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Eduard Schwyzer (15 February 1874, Zürich – 3 May 1943, Berlin) was a Swiss Classical philologist and Indo-European linguist, specializing in Ancient Greek and Greek dialects.He was a professor in Zürich 1912–1926, in Bonn from 1927 and in Berlin from 1932.
1898–1927 and 1934–1943 he also worked for the Schweizerisches Idiotikon, first as an editor, later reading all correction sheets.