Moritz Heyne, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Moritz Heyne

German linguist

Date of Birth: 08-Jun-1837

Place of Birth: Weißenfels, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

Date of Death: 01-Mar-1906

Profession: university teacher, linguist

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

Moritz Heyne (June 8, 1837 in Weißenfels – March 1, 1906 in Göttingen) was a German Germanic linguist (Germanist). He taught as a professor at the University of Halle (1869-1870), University of Basel (1870-), University of Göttingen (1883-). He worked with Jakob Grimm to edit his dictionary after 1867.