PREVEDEN, Francis Ralph. Kamenica, Croatia 1890 — Washington, DC 1959.U.S. Linguist. Born in Croatia, came to the U.S.A. in 1922. Ph.D. 1927 Chicago. Professor of Classics at De Paul University in Chicago 1926-33 and at Duquesne University in Pittsburgh 1938-41. In 1942-59 served as a translator for various government agencies.…
PHELPS, John. Baltimore 25.7.1873 — Mitchellville, Prince George’s County, Maryland 16.12.1955. U.S. Lawyer and Classical Scholar. Son of Brigadier-General Charles E. Phelps (1833–1908) and Martha Woodward. B.A. 1894 Johns Hopkins. Worked as attorney in Baltimore, but kept a lifelong interest in classics and linguistics. Twice married, with Anna Turner (1876–1955)…
MÜLLER, Gerhard Heinrich. 1840 — 19??. German Teacher of Classics. In 1876/83 at Wongrowitz gymnasium in Posen (now Wągrowiec in Poland), 1898/1900 at Saargemünd Gymnasium (now Sarreguemines in Lorraine). Married, at least one son. Publications: Mainly wrote on classical philology. – “Das Genus der Indogermanen und seine ursprüngliche Bedeutung”, IF 8, 1898, 304-315.…
MICHELS, Victor Karl Theodor. Stassfurt, Sachsen-Anhalt 3.7.1866 — Jena 4.2.1929. German Germanist and Linguist. Professor in Jena. Son of factory director Friedrich (Fritz) Michels (1835–1872) and Martha Kullak (1847–1921). Gymnasium and from 1884 studies in Berlin, concentrated on Germanistics, linguistics and philosophy (Deussen). From 1885 continued at Heidelberg (Osthoff et…
MEZGER, Fritz. Ilsfeld bei Heilbronn 15.10.1893 — King of Prussia near Philadelphia, PA 9.6.1979. German Linguist in the U.S.A. Matriculated 1911, then studies of modern philology and comparative IE at Tübingen. Participated in WW I, wounded. Continued his studies at Munich and Berlin. Ph.D. 1921 Berlin (diss. on Old English).…
MARTINET, André. Saint-Alban-des-Villards (Savoie) 12.4.1908 — Châtenay-Malabry (Paris) 16.7.1999. French Linguist. After École normale supérieure began his studies in Paris with English (aggregation 1930) and Germanic, also student of Millet and Vendryes. Ph.D. 1937 Paris. In 1938-46 directeur d’études at É.P.H.É. In 1947-55 taught at Columbia University in New York.…
MANN, Stuart Edward (Stewart E. Mann). Nottingham 11.6.1905 — High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire 5.8.1986. British Linguist. Son of Oliver Mann (1880–1959) and Mabel Constance Anderson. Studies at Bristol, graduated 1927 in Germanic studies. In 1929-31 in Tirana teaching English at school and learning Albanian, then teaching English at Masaryk University in…
LAGERCRANTZ, Carl Otto. Näsby, Jönköpings län 26.2.1868 — Uppsala 13.1.1938. Swedish Classical Scholar. Son of Otto Wilhelm Lagercrantz (1832–1876), an officer, and Stina Sophia Johnson, a noble family. Matriculated from Linköping 1887 and studied at Uppsala. Cand.phil. 1894, Lic.phil. 1895. Ph.D. 1898 Uppsala. Now PD at Uppsala (also further studies at…
KROEBER, Alfred Louis. Hoboken, NJ 11.6.1876 — Paris 9.10.1960. U.S. Cultural Anthropologist and Linguist. Son of German immigrants, Florenz Kroeber and Anna Müller, grew up in New York City. Studies at Columbia College (B.A. 1896 in English, M.A. 1897 in Romantic drama). PG studies of anthropology under Franz Boas at…
KOSSINNA, Gustaf. Tilsit, Ostpreussen (now Sovetsk in Russia) 28.9.1858 — Berlin 20.12.1931. German Archaeologist. Professor in Berlin. Son of a secondary-school teacher, Hermann Kossinna, and Natalie Genzmer. After gymnasium in Tilsit studied classics and Germanic philology at Göttingen, Leipzig, Berlin and Strassburg (diss. on German). Ph.D. 1887 Strassburg. In 1887-92…