Jacob Wackernagel

Jacob Wackernagel
Wackernagel in 1890
Born(1853-12-11)11 December 1853
Basel, Switzerland
Died22 May 1938(1938-05-22) (aged 84)
Basel, Switzerland
Occupationlinguist
Notable workAltindische Grammatik, Lectures on Syntax
FatherWilhelm Wackernagel
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Jacob Wackernagel[a] (German pronunciation: [ˈvakɐˌnaːɡl̩]; 11 December 1853 – 22 May 1938) was a Swiss linguist, Indo-Europeanist and scholar of Sanskrit. He was born in Basel, son of the philologist Wilhelm Wackernagel (1806–1869).
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