Johann Heinrich Hübschmann
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Johann Heinrich Hübschmann (1848–1908) was a German
philologist
, born at Erfurt
. He studied Oriental philology at Jena
, Tübingen
, Leipzig
, and Munich
; in 1876 became professor
of Iranian languages at Leipzig, and in 1877 professor of comparative philology at Strassburg
. He was the first to put the Armenian language in right relation to the Indo-Germanic languages. He wrote:
Germans
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philologist
Philology
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, born at Erfurt
Erfurt
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. He studied Oriental philology at Jena
Friedrich Schiller University of Jena
Friedrich Schiller University of Jena , is a public research university located in Jena, Thuringia, Germany....
, Tübingen
Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen
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, Leipzig
University of Leipzig
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, and Munich
Ludwig Maximilians University of Munich
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; in 1876 became professor
Professor
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of Iranian languages at Leipzig, and in 1877 professor of comparative philology at Strassburg
University of Strasbourg
The University of Strasbourg in Strasbourg, Alsace, France, is the largest university in France, with about 43,000 students and over 4,000 researchers....
. He was the first to put the Armenian language in right relation to the Indo-Germanic languages. He wrote:
- Armenische Studien (1883)
- Das indogermanische Vokalsystem (1885)
- Etymologie und Lautlehre der ossetischen Sprache (1887)
- Persische Studien (1895)
- Armenische Grammatik (1895)
- Altarmenische Ortsnamen (1904)