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SCHLEICHER, AUGUST (1821-1868) , German philologist, was born at Meiningen
medical practitioner. He attended (18351840) the gymnasium at Coburg. In the autumn of 184o he entered the university of Leipzig
Leipzig
spring of 1841 for Tubingen. Here he remained two years, and under the influence of the famous orientalist Ewald, relinquished the study of theology for that of languages. Proceeding to the university of Bonn
doctor
ordinary professor to the chair of German and comparative philology and Sanskrit. While at Prague he commenced the study of Slavonic languages, and with the assistance of the Vienna academy
did Schleicher. His first scientific work
minor writings are " Zur Morphologie der Sprache " (in the Memoires de l'academie de St. Petersbourg, 1859) ; Die Darwinsche Theorie and die Sprachwissenschaft (1863, new ed. 1873), Ober die Bedeutung der Sprache fur die Naturgeschichte des Menschen (1865); while in the department of Slavonic and Lithuanian languages the following may be mentioned: Formenlehre der kirchenslavischen Sprache (1852) ; Handbuch der litauischen Sprache (with grammar, reader and glossary, 18561857). Besides Lithuanian legends he published an edition of Christian Donaleitis' Litauische Dichtungen (1865).See S. Lefmann, August Schleicher (187o) and Zeitschrift fiir vergleichende Sprachforschung, vol. xviii. End of Article: SCHLEICHER, AUGUST (1821-1868) If you wish, you can link directly to this article.
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