Rüdiger Schmitt
German linguist and Iranologist (born 1939) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Rüdiger Schmitt (born 1 July 1939)[1] is a German linguist, Iranologist, and educator. He was a professor of Comparative Indo-European Philology and Indo-Iranian Studies at Saarland University in Saarbrücken, Saarland, Germany, from 1979 until 2004.[2]
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Rüdiger Schmitt | |
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Born | (1939-07-01) July 1, 1939 (age 85) Würzburg, Bavaria, Germany |
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Alma mater | University of Würzburg |
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Institutions | Saarland University |
Main interests | Linguistics and Iranian studies |
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He studied comparative linguistics of Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, and classical languages in University of Würzburg in 1958. He studied under Manfred Mayrhofer.[2]