BURCHARDI, Gustav. Flensburg 1866 — 19??. German Linguist. Ph.D. 1892 Halle. Then living in Berlin, probably as teacher. In 1910 visited the Isle of Man and was called Professor, in 1913 in Limerick, Ireland, joined Irish Text Society – apparently he was keenly interested in Celtic languages. In 1913-24 corresponded with Streitberg.

Publications: Diss. Die Intensiva des Sanskrt und Avesta. Part 1. 32 p. Halle 1892; part 2. in BB 19, 1893, 169-227.

– “Noch einmal gotisch nahtam”, Beitr. z. Gesch. d. deutschen Spr. u. Lit. 25, 1900, 591f.; “Der Zweifel und das Böse. Eine Botschaft der Sasaniden an die Armenier”, Geist des Ostens 1, 1914, 428-438 (translated specimen and sketch of the Neo-Armenian author Raffi); “Sprachwissenschaftlicher Fragekasten”, IF 47, 1929, 103f.

Sources: Letters in Kalliope; stray notes in Internet. Not in Dt. biogr. Archiv A.F. & N.F.