Biography of the World's Greatest Linguists Franz Bopp

About the biography of Franz Bopp one of the greatest linguists in history and the world.

THE WORLD'S GREATEST LINGUISTS

FRANZ BOPP (1791-1867)

A professor at the University of Berlin, Bopp is considered by many to be the most important founder of modern linguistics. His enormous research in many languages, which resulted in the establishment of comparative grammar, enabled him to master well over 30 languages.