About Gottfried Hensel
Lived 1687 – 1767 (aged 79–80). Gottfried Hensel was an Austrian, German and Polish educator, linguist, protestant theologian, secondary school teacher, theologian and philologist.
Gottfried Hensel (1687–1765) was a German linguist, working in comparative linguistics.
He worked as rector in Hirschberg (Jelenia Góra), Lower Silesia.
Hensel is best known for his work Synopsis Universae Philologiae.
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Who was Gottfried Hensel?
German linguist
When was Gottfried Hensel born?
Gottfried Hensel was born in 1687.
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Gottfried Hensel died in 1767 in Jelenia Góra.
What was Gottfried Hensel's occupation?
Gottfried Hensel was an educator, linguist, protestant theologian, secondary school teacher, theologian and philologist.
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Gottfried Hensel was Austrian, German and Polish.
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