August Schleicher

August Schleicher
August Schleicher
	Schleicher as drawn by Friedrich Kriehuber
Born	19 February 1821; Meiningen, Saxe-Meiningen, German Confederation
Died	6 December 1868 (aged 47); Jena, Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, North German Confederation
Known for	Contributions to Indo-European studies; Schleicher's fable;

August Schleicher (German: [ˈaʊɡʊst ˈʃlaɪçɐ];^[1]^[2] 19 February 1821 – 6 December 1868) was a German linguist. Schleicher studied the Proto-Indo-European language and devised theories concerning historical linguistics. His great work was A Compendium of the Comparative Grammar of the Indo-European Languages in which he attempted to reconstruct the Proto-Indo-European language. To show how Indo-European might have looked, he created a short tale, Schleicher's fable, to exemplify the reconstructed vocabulary and aspects of Indo-European society inferred from it.

^ "August – Französisch-Übersetzung – Langenscheidt Deutsch-Französisch Wörterbuch" (in German and French). Langenscheidt. Archived from the original on 26 August 2024. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
^ Wells, John C. (2008), Longman Pronunciation Dictionary (3rd ed.), Longman, ISBN 9781405881180

[1] "August – Französisch-Übersetzung – Langenscheidt Deutsch-Französisch Wörterbuch" (in German and French). Langenscheidt. Archived from the original on 26 August 2024. Retrieved 20 October 2018.

[2] Wells, John C. (2008), Longman Pronunciation Dictionary (3rd ed.), Longman, ISBN 9781405881180

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August Schleicher
Schleicher as drawn by Friedrich Kriehuber
Born	(1821-02-19)19 February 1821 Meiningen, Saxe-Meiningen, German Confederation
Died	6 December 1868(1868-12-06) (aged 47) Jena, Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, North German Confederation
Known for	Contributions to Indo-European studies Schleicher's fable