SCHINDLER, Jochem. Amstetten, Niederösterreich 8.11.1944 — Prague 24.12.1994. Austrian IE Linguist. Educated in Linz. Studies of IE and Romance Linguistics at Vienna and Würzburg (Kronasser). Ph.D. 1972 Würzburg. In 1972-74 Assistant at Vienna. In 1974-76 Assistant Professor, 1976-78 Associate Professor and from 1978 Professor at Harvard, but in 1987 returned to Vienna as the successor of G. R. Solta. Worked on the reconstruction of “Ursprache” and on the function of ablaut, but also on Indo-Iranian. Died suddenly after cerebral hemorrhage during a guest lecture at Prague. Married Hermione.

Publications: Diss. Das Wurzelnomen im Arischen und Griechischen. 112 p. Würzburg 1972.

– “Bemerkungen zum idg. Wort für ‘Schlaf’”, Die Sprache 12, 1966, 67-76; “Die idg. Wörter für ‘Vogel’ und ‘Ei’”, Die Sprache 15, 1969, 144-167; “Wortbildungsregeln”, Die Sprache 19, 1973, 39-52.

– “Tocharische Miszellen”, IF 72, 1967, 239-249.

– “Zur Herkunft der Altindischen cvi-Bildungen”, M. Mayrhofer et al. (eds.), Lautgeschichte und Etymologie. Akten der VI. Fachtagung der Idg. Ges. Vienna 1980, 386-393; a few other articles.

Sources: *W.U. Dressler, Die Sprache 37, 1995, 1-4; H. Eichner, Kratylos 40, 1995, 216-221; *R. Schmitt, Almanach der Ö.A.W. 145, 1995, 581-594 with bibliography; V. Sadovski & D. Stifter (eds.), Iranistische und indogermanische Beiträge in memoriam J.S. (1944–1994). SÖA 836 Veröff. zur Iranistik 51. Vienna 2012; Bihl 239; Wikipedia briefly, with photo (see also German version); photo in TITUS Galeria; another photo in geschichte.univie.ac.at/de/personen/jochem-schindler-prof-dr.