Karl Brugmann

Karl Brugmann
Born
Karl Friedrich Christian Brugman

(1849-03-16)16 March 1849
Died29 June 1919(1919-06-29) (aged 70)
Spouse
Valeska "Therese" Friedrike Berner
(m. 1882)
Academic background
Alma materLeipzig University
Doctoral advisorGeorg Curtius
Academic work
DisciplineLinguistics
Sub-discipline
Institutions
Military service
Allegiance Prussia
Branch Prussian Army
Service years1867
Unit80th Regiment
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Karl Friedrich Christian Brugmann (/ˈbruɡmən/ BROOG-mən;  Brugman; 16 March 1849 – 29 June 1919) was a German linguist and one of the founders of the Neogrammarian school. He is best known for his contributions to Indo-European linguistics, particularly in the fields of historical phonology and morphology. Brugmann contributed to the formulation of the Neogrammarian principle of the regularity of sound change and was a principal author of the Grundriss der vergleichenden Grammatik der indogermanischen Sprachen, a reference work in comparative Indo-European grammar.