Rudolf von Raumer
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Biography
He was born in Breslau (now Wrocław, PolandPoland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
). He was Privatdocent at the University of Erlangen from 1840, and professor
Professor
A professor is a scholarly teacher; the precise meaning of the term varies by country. Literally, professor derives from Latin as a "person who professes" being usually an expert in arts or sciences; a teacher of high rank...
there from 1876. He published Untersuchungen über die Urverwandtschaft der semitischen und indo-europäischen Sprachen (Investigations into the ancient relationship between the Semitic and Indo-European languages, 1868 et seq.).
He was the son of Karl Georg von Raumer
Karl Georg von Raumer
Karl Georg von Raumer was a German geologist and educator.-Biography:He was educated in Göttingen, Halle and Freiberg, and in 1811 became professor of mineralogy at Breslau, was called to Halle in 1819 and in 1827 settled permanently as professor of natural history at Erlangen.-Writings:*...
, and died in Erlangen
Erlangen
Erlangen is a Middle Franconian city in Bavaria, Germany. It is located at the confluence of the river Regnitz and its large tributary, the Untere Schwabach.Erlangen has more than 100,000 inhabitants....
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External links
- Rudolf von Raumer – Linguistic-Historical Change and the Natural-Historical Definition of Sounds
- Rudolf von Raumer German Wikipedia (includes bibliographical and biographical links)