US linguist student of Edward Sapir co-developer and co-eponym of Whorf-Sapir ..
German comparative philologist, linguist, orientalist, and translator discovered kinship of Indian and European..
US-Confederate politician Senator from Virginia 1847-1861 drafted Fugitive Slave Act 1850 president pro tempore of Senate 1857 en route to Britain, with John Slidell seized from British ship Trent 1861 and imprisoned (Trent Affair), released 1862 grandson of Ge..
US author, columnist, and language c..
1709 – He was born at Salisbury this year. 1774 – He was Comptroller to the Queen from this year to 1780. 1761 – He became a county magistrate, and was Member of Parliament for Christchurch from this year until his death. 1765 – He held political office under Lord Greenville, retiring ..
US activist and linguist founder of transformational linguistics wrote "Syntactic Structures&..