Paul Diderichsen, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Paul Diderichsen

Danish linguist

Date of Birth: 16-Aug-1905

Place of Birth: Copenhagen, Capital Region of Denmark, Denmark

Date of Death: 09-Oct-1964

Profession: university teacher, linguist

Nationality: Denmark

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Paul Diderichsen (16 August 1905, Copenhagen – 9 October 1964, Copenhagen) was a Danish linguist who is known for his model of sentence structure in Danish which has been widely applied to describe the syntax of languages with fixed word order, such as the mainland Scandinavian languages.
Diderichsen was professor of Danish at the University of Copenhagen from 1943 until his death.