About Jakob Jud
Lived 1882 – 1952 (aged 70). Jakob Jud was a Swiss linguist, university teacher, sociologist, romanist and philologist.
Jakob Jud (; 12 January 1882 in Wängi, Kanton Thurgau – 15 June 1952 in Seelisberg, Kanton Uri) was a Swiss Romance linguist (Romanist).
From 1922 to 1950 he taught classes in Romance philology and Old French literature at the University of Zürich. With Karl Jaberg, he was the author of Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz (8 volumes, 1928–40). In 1936, with Arnald Steiger, he founded the magazine Vox Romanica.
He became a foreign member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1946.
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Who was Jakob Jud?
Swiss linguist (1882-1952)
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Jakob Jud was born on 12 January 1882 in Wängi.
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Jakob Jud died on 15 June 1952 in Seelisberg.
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Jakob Jud was a linguist, university teacher, sociologist, romanist and philologist.
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Jakob Jud was Swiss.
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