Adolphe Pictet
Adolphe Pictet (born September 11, 1799 in Lancy ; † December 20, 1875 ) in Geneva was a Swiss linguist .
Life
Pictet became known for his research in the field of comparative linguistics. Together with Julius von Klaproth, he is considered to be one of the inventors of linguistic paleontology .
He was the son of Charles Pictet and Emma Cazenove and a cousin of the biologist François Jules Pictet . Pictet studied in Geneva, Paris, Berlin, London and Edinburgh. In Berlin he attended, among other things, lectures by Hegel . In 1864 he was elected an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh . Adolphe Pictet died at the age of 76.
Works (selection)
- De l'affinité des langues celtiques avec le Sanscrit , 1837
- Essai sur les propriétés et la tactique des fusées de guerre, 1848
- Les origines indo-européennes ou les Aryas primitifs, essay de paleontologie linguistique Paris, Cherbuliez 1850–53 (2nd ed. 1878, 3 vols.)
- Du beau dans la nature, l'art et la poésie 1856, (2nd edition 1875)
- Essai sur quelques inscriptions en langue gauloise, 1859
literature
- Daniel Maggetti: Pictet, Adolphe. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
- Maurice Olender , The Languages of Paradise: Race, Religion, and Philology in the Nineteenth Century. Cambridge, Mass .: Harvard University Press 1992.
- Daniel R. Davis (Ed.), Celtic Linguists 1700-1850. London, Routledge 2004 (reprint of De l'affinité des langues celtiques avec le Sanscrit )
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Fellows Directory. Biographical Index: Former RSE Fellows 1783–2002. (PDF file) Royal Society of Edinburgh, accessed March 30, 2020 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Pictet, Adolphe |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss linguist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 11, 1799 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Geneva |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 20, 1875 |