Adalbert Bezzenberger (1851–1922)

Born 1851 CE, died 1922 CE.

Adalbert Bezzenberger (14 April 1851 – 31 October 1922) was a German philologist. He was born in Kassel and died at Königsberg. He is considered to be the founder of Baltic philology. He studied the Indo-Germanic languages at the University of Göttingen and the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München. In 1874, he became lecturer at the University of Göttingen and in 1879 professor of Sanskrit at the University of Königsberg. From 1890 to 1891, he was rector of this university.

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