About Max Pfister
Lived 1932 – 2017 (aged 85). Max Pfister was a Swiss linguist, university teacher, lexicographer, romanist and philologist.
Max Pfister (21 April 1932 in Zürich – 21 October 2017 in Saarbrücken) was a Swiss Romance studies scholar and linguist.
He is the initiator of the LEI (Lessico etimologico italiano), which deals with Italian and German research of etymology and dialectology of the Italian language, now directed together with Wolfgang Schweickard .
Selected publications Pfister, Max: Lessico etimologico italiano, Wiesbaden, Reichert, 1979ff.
Honors Mainzer Akademie der Wissenschaften, Socio corrispondente straniero der Accademia della Crusca Premio Galileo Galilei dei Rotary Italiani Diploma di 1 Classe con Medaglia d'Oro ai Benemeriti della Cultura e dell'Arte, conferred by the Italian president Carlo Azeglio Ciampi, 2006
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Who was Max Pfister?
Swiss romanist (1932–2017)
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Max Pfister was born on 21 April 1932 in Zurich.
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Max Pfister died on 21 October 2017 in Saarbrücken.
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Max Pfister was a linguist, university teacher, lexicographer, romanist and philologist.
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Max Pfister was Swiss.
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