Adolphe Pictet
Encyclopedia
Adolphe Pictet was a Swiss
linguist
, born in Geneva
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Pictet is well-known for his research in the field of comparative linguistics
. He was the cousin of the biologist Francois Jules Pictet
.
Switzerland
Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....
linguist
Linguistics
Linguistics is the scientific study of human language. Linguistics can be broadly broken into three categories or subfields of study: language form, language meaning, and language in context....
, born in Geneva
Geneva
Geneva In the national languages of Switzerland the city is known as Genf , Ginevra and Genevra is the second-most-populous city in Switzerland and is the most populous city of Romandie, the French-speaking part of Switzerland...
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Pictet is well-known for his research in the field of comparative linguistics
Comparative linguistics
Comparative linguistics is a branch of historical linguistics that is concerned with comparing languages to establish their historical relatedness....
. He was the cousin of the biologist Francois Jules Pictet
François Jules Pictet de la Rive
François Jules Pictet de la Rive was a Swiss zoologist and palaeontologist.He was born in Geneva. He graduated B. Sc. at Geneva in 1829, and pursued his studies for a short time at Paris, where under the influence of Georges Cuvier, de Blainville and others, he worked at natural history and...
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Works
- De l'affinité des langues celtiques avec le Sanscrit (1837)
- Du beau dans la nature (2nd ed. 1875)
- Les origines indo-européennes ou les Aryas primitifs (2nd ed. 1878, 3 vols.)