Rasmus Rask
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Gender | Male |
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Death | 192 years ago |
Date of birth | November 22,1787 |
Zodiac sign | Sagittarius |
Born | Denmark |
Date of died | November 14,1832 |
Died | Copenhagen |
Denmark | |
Parents | Niels Hansen Rasch |
Birthe Rasmusdatter | |
Place of burial | Assistens Cemetery, Copenhagen, Denmark |
Education | Odense Cathedral School |
Copenhagen University | |
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ID | 754322 |
Rasmus Rask Life story
Rasmus Kristian Rask was a Danish linguist and philologist. He wrote several grammars and worked on comparative phonology and morphology. Rask traveled extensively to study languages, first to Iceland, where he wrote the first grammar of Icelandic, and later to Russia, Persia, India, and Ceylon.