Franz Bopp
1791–1867
German philologist. Studied Persian and Arabic in Paris from 1812. Taught himself Sanskrit from ancient Indian manuscripts and compiled a Sanskrit grammar and vocabulary. Professor extraordinarius of Oriental literature and general linguistics, University of Berlin, 1821; professor, 1825. His publications were devoted to showing the common origin of the grammatical forms of the Indo-European languages, and helped to establish comparative linguistics as a discipline.
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DBE.
Bibliography
DBE: Deutsche biographische Enzyklopädie. Edited by Walter Killy et al. 12 vols. in 14. Munich: K. G. Saur. 1995–2000.
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