Jean Pirro
Jean Pirro (* 1813 in Woustviller , † 1886 in Saint-Dizier ), also called M. Pirro and Jean M. Pirro , is the author of the planned language Universalglot . He was born in a German-speaking family in Lorraine and taught German and music in Saint-Dizier. In 1868 he presented his planned language in a book that appeared almost simultaneously in German ("An attempt at a universal language", Bar-le-Duc ) and French ("Langue Universelle", Paris ).
He is the father of the musicologist and organist André Pirro .
literature
- Otto Jespersen : You pionires de interlinguistike. Jean Pirro and Charles B. Waite. In: Mondo. 20 (22). 1932: 7 (237), pp. 161-169
- Gaston Waringhien : Lingvo kaj vivo. 2nd edition, Rotterdam 1989, pp. 40, 449
Web links
- Page with a photo of Pirro and the reproduction of some pages from his book ( Memento of October 28, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) (English)
- Presentation of the German version of the book (in Universalglot)
- French version of the book (readable online)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Pirro, Jean |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Pirro, M .; Pirro, Jean M. |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Author of the planned language Universalglot |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1813 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Woustviller |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1886 |
| Place of death | Saint-Dizier |