# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/august-leskien
# Generated: 2026-08-13T03:00:13.546Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/august-leskien"
name: "August Leskien"
slug: "august-leskien"
description: "August Leskien was a German linguist who studied comparative linguistics, particularly relating to the Baltic and Slavic languages."
tagline: "German linguist (1840–1916)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/August_Leskien.png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1840-07-08"
deathDate: "1916-09-20"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  country:  null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump