HAURI, Christoph-Ernst. Binningen near Basel 17.10.1929 — 18.6.2005. Swiss Linguist. Son of a priest, gymnasium in Basel. Studies at Basel, Ph.D. 1960 there. From 1960 chargé de cours at Genève and Lausanne, in 1962-64 taught German at University of Texas in Houston, back in Switzerland from 1965 eo. Professor in the same universities. From 1971 PD at Zürich. From 1970 Lecturer and from 1973 Senior Lecturer at University of Queensland in Australia. Back in Switzerland in 1988-95 Titularprofessor of general and IE linguistics at Zürich, retired in 1995. Highly interested in music, a violinist.
Publications: Diss. 1960 publ. Zur Vorgeschichte des Ausgangs -ENA des Instr. Sing. der A-Stämme des Altindischen. 143 p. KZ, Erg.heft 17. Göttingen 1963.
– Habil.diss. 1970 publ. as Das pentathematische Schema der altpersischen Inscriften. 7+88 p. Wb. 1973.
– “Der Stamm amú- ‘jener’ des Altindischen”, KZ 78, 1963.
– Publications on general linguistics.
Sources: D.G.K. 1983, 1992; G.E. Dunkel in archiv.uzh.ch with photo.
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