Gustav Meyer

Gustav Meyer (25 November 1850 – 28 August 1900) was a German linguist and Indo-European scholar, considered to be one of the most important Albanologists of his time, most importantly by proving that the Albanian language belongs to the Indo-European family.

Full professor at the University of Graz from 1881, Meyer started to focus his studies on albanology, and prepared the foundations of the discipline by publishing the following works: He is known to have held a long correspondence with Jeronim de Rada, a leading Albanian figure of the Albanian National Awakening.

Gustav Meyer died on August 27, 1900, in Straßgang near Graz. In honour of his contributions to Albanology, a grammar school in Tirana, Albania bears his name.