Gerhard Rohlfs

Gerhard Rohlfs
Portrait of Rohlfs, c. 1959
Born(1892-07-14)July 14, 1892
DiedSeptember 12, 1986(1986-09-12) (aged 94)

Gerhard Rohlfs (July 14, 1892 – September 12, 1986) was a German linguist. He taught Romance languages and literature at the universities in Tübingen and Munich. He was described[by whom?] as an "archeologist of words".[citation needed]