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Johann Albert Bachmann (12 November 1863, in Hüttwilen – 30 January 1934, in Samedan) was a Swiss lexicographer and dialectologist, professor for Germanic philology at Zürich University from 1896. From 1892 he was an editor of the Schweizerisches Idiotikon dictionary, acting as editor-in-chief from 1896 until his death. Bachmann specialized on Swiss German dialects. He edited the series Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik (20 vols) and founded, together with Louis Gauchat, the Phonographic Archive of Zurich University in 1913.