Brugmann, Karl Friedrich Christian

Linguist

born: 16.03.1849 in Wiesbaden

died: 29.06.1919 in Leipzig

Brugmann studied classical and Indo-European philology in Halle, Leipzig and Bonn from 1867-72. He obtained his doctorate in Leipzig in 1871. After passing the grammar school teacher examination in Bonn in 1871, he first taught at the grammar school in Wiesbaden and from 1873-77 was head teacher at the Nicolai grammar school in Leipzig. In 1877 he habilitated at the university there.

From 1877-82, Brugmann was initially a private lecturer there and from 1882-84 an associate professor of comparative linguistics, until he accepted an appointment in Freiburg in 1884. He returned to Leipzig in 1887 and was full professor of Indo-European linguistics until his death.

Brugmann was a corresponding member of the Academies of Science in Copenhagen, Uppsala, Budapest, St. Petersburg, Vienna, Leipzig and Munich. In 1912 he was elected the first chairman of the Indo-European Society.

In addition to his scientific studies, he was also interested in the relationship between research and practice. He and August Leskien also published a collection of Lithuanian folk songs and fairy tales (1882). Together with Wilhelm Streitberg, Brugmann founded the journal "Indogermanische Forschungen" (1891).