SCHERZL, Vincenz (Vikentij Ivanovič Šercl’, Čeněk Šercl). Beroun, Bohemia (Czech) 28.9.1843 — Ljubljana 4.12.1906. Czech Indologist and IE Scholar in Ukraina and Russia. Professor in Har’kov (Har’kiv) and Odessa. Educated in Prague, in 1861-64 studied law at Prague, but used much time for learning languages. In 1866-67 studies of Chinese, Japanese and Urdu at King’s College in London, then Sanskrit and Avesta under Kossovič at St.Petersburg. Kand. 1868 St.Petersburg, mag. 1869 ibid. (in Sanskrit). From 1869 Docent of comparative linguistics at Har’kov. Ph.D. 1880 Moscow. In 1880-85 Professor of comparative linguistics at Har’kov and 1885-1906 at Novorossijskaja Universitet in Odessa. Married.
Scherzl is mainly known for his syntactic studies, mostly written in Russian. In both universities he also taught Sanskrit. Known as a polyglot, the “Czech Mezzofanti”. Among his students was Popov.
Publications: Kand.diss. Ličnyj mestoimenija v sanskrit. MS. 1869; dr.diss. Ob imennach čisliteľnych v indoevropejskoj otrasli. 183 p. Har’kov 1880.
– Sravnitel’naja grammatika slavjanskih i drugih rodstvennyh jazukah. 1-2. Harkov 1871-73; Kratkij izbornik tekstov na slavjanskih jazykah. Har’kov 1872; “O slovah s protivopoložnymi značenijami”, Filol. zap. Voronež 1884, 83 p.; “O konkretnosti v jazykah”, Filol. zap. 1885; etc.
– Sanskritskaja grammatika. 1. 123 p. Har’kov 1873.
– Sintaksis drevne-indijskago jazyka. 392 p. Har’kov 1883.
– Ze života dřevnich Indů. Prague 1889 (in Czech).
– In Czech: Mluvnice jazyka rusského. 1-2. Prague 1882-84; Skladba jazyka rusského. Prague 1884; Z oboru jazykozpytu. 573 p. Prague 1881-83.
Sources: Dvadcatipjatiletie Imperatorskago Novorossijskago universiteta. Odessa 1890, 279f.; Ènciklop. Slovar’ 38, 1908, 529; Kdo byl kdo – čeští a slovenští orientalisté; https://de.wikisource.org/wiki/BLKÖ:Šercl_(Scherzl),_Vincenz; *Czech Wikipedia with photo (as Č. Šercl), another in Russian version.
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