in 1870, and a foreign member Göttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities in 1876. In 1870 he received a combined medal (together with (Brockhaus, Fleischer and Rödiger) in occasion of the 25th anniversary of the DMG. References Relevant reading Bologna, Maria Patrizia. "Langage et expressivité chez August Friedrich Pott." Historiographia linguistica 22, no. 1-2 (1995): 75–90. Leopold, Joan. The Letter Liveth: The life, work and library of August Friedrich Pott (1802 87). Vol. 9. John Benjamins Publishing, 1983. Malkiel, Yakov. "August Friedrich Pott as a Pioneer of Romance Linguistics." American Indian and Indoeuropean Studies: Papers in honor of Madison S. Beeler (1980): 409–420. 1802 births 1887 deaths People from Hameln-Pyrmont Linguists from Germany Linguists of Indo-European languages People from the Electorate of Hanover Recipients of the Pour le Mérite (civil class) University of Göttingen alumni Humboldt University of Berlin alumni Academic staff of the Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg