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Eduard Sievers

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German germanist and linguist (1850-1932)

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Eduard Sievers was a German philologist specializing in classical and Germanic languages. Sievers was one of the Junggrammatiker of the so-called "Leipzig School". He was one of the most influential historical linguists of the late nineteenth century.

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Eduard Sievers was a German philologist specializing in classical and Germanic languages. Sievers was one of the Junggrammatiker of the so-called "Leipzig School". He was one of the most influential historical linguists of the late nineteenth century. He is known for his recovery of the poetic traditions of Germanic languages such as Anglo-Saxon and Old Saxon, as well as for his discovery of Sievers's law.

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Lived 1850 to 1932 · aged 81
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