Eduard Sievers
German philologist
Died when: 81 years 126 days (976 months)Star Sign: Sagittarius
Eduard Sievers (German: ['e?dua?t 'zi?v?s]; 25 November 1850, Lippoldsberg – 30 March 1932, Leipzig) was a philologist of the 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' law.
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