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Johannes Schmidt (linguist)
1901Jul, 4

Johannes Schmidt (linguist)

Johannes Schmidt, German linguist and academic (b. 1843)
Johannes Friedrich Heinrich Schmidt (July 29, 1843 – July 4, 1901) was a German linguist. He developed the Wellentheorie ('wave theory') of language development.

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