Wilhelm Bleek

Wilhelm Bleek
Wilhelm Bleek
Born
Wilhelm Heinrich Immanuel Bleek

(1827-03-08)8 March 1827
Berlin, German Confederation
Died17 August 1875(1875-08-17) (aged 48)
Mowbray, Cape Colony
Burial placeWynberg Cemetery
OccupationsGerman linguist and philologist
ChildrenEdith Bleek, Mabel Bleek, Margie Bleek, Dorothea Bleek and Wilhelmina Bleek

Wilhelm Heinrich Immanuel Bleek (8 March 1827 – 17 August 1875) was a German linguist. His work included A Comparative Grammar of South African Languages and his great project jointly executed with Lucy Lloyd: The Bleek and Lloyd Archive of ǀxam and ǃkun texts. A short form of this eventually reached press with Specimens of Bushman Folklore, which Laurens van der Post drew on heavily.

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.