Eduard Schwyzer
Swiss classical philologist
About Eduard Schwyzer
Lived 1874 – 1943 (aged 69). Eduard Schwyzer was a Swiss linguist, university teacher, classical philologist, indo-Europeanist and professor.
Eduard Schwyzer (15 February 1874, Zürich – 3 May 1943, Berlin) was a Swiss classical philologist and Indo-European linguist, specializing in Ancient Greek and Greek dialects.
He was a professor in Zürich 1912–1926, in Bonn from 1927 and in Berlin from 1932. 1898–1927 and 1934–1943 he also worked for the Schweizerisches Idiotikon, first as an editor, later reading all correction sheets.
Works Grammatik der Pergamenischen Inschriften 1898 Dialectorum graecarum exempla epigraphica potiora 1923 Griechische Grammatik I 1939, II 1950 Kleine Schriften, 1983, ed. R. Schmitt
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Swiss classical philologist (1874-1943)
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Eduard Schwyzer was born on 15 February 1874 in Zurich.
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Eduard Schwyzer died on 3 May 1943 in Berlin.
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Eduard Schwyzer was a linguist, university teacher, classical philologist, indo-Europeanist and professor.
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