HANS See also:

• CONON

CONON VON DER See also:

• HANS CONON VON DER GABELENTZ (1807-1874)

GABELENTZ (1807-1874)  , See also:

• GERMAN
• GERMAN, DUTCH AND SCANDINAVIAN

German linguist and ethnologist, See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• ALTENBURG

Altenburg on the 13th of See also:

• OCTOBER

October 1807, was the only son of Hans Karl See also:

• LEOPOLD (M.H. Ger. Liupolt; O.H. Ger. Liupald, from hut, Mod. Ger. Leute, " people," and paid, " bold," i.e. " bold for the people ")

Leopold von der See also:

• GABELENTZ, HANS CONON VON DER (1807-1874)

Gabelentz, See also:

• CHANCELLOR (M. Eng. and Anglo-Fr. canceler, chanceler, Fr. chancelier, Lat. cancellarius)

chancellor and privy-councillor of the duchy of Altenburg . From 1821 to 1825 he attended the gymnasium of his native See also:

• TOWN

town, where he had See also:

• MATTHIAE, AUGUST HEINRICH (1769-1835)

Matthiae (the eminent See also:

• GREEK
• GREEK, ETRUSCAN AND

Greek See also:

• SCHOLAR, SCHOLARSHIP

scholar) for teacher, and See also:

• HERMANN, JOHANN GOTTFRIED JAKOB (1772–1848)
• HERMANN, KARL FRIEDRICH (1804–1855)

Hermann See also:

• BROCKHAUS, FRIEDRICH ARNOLD (1772-1823)

Brockhaus and See also:

• JULIUS

Julius See also:

• LOBE

Lobe for schoolfellows . Here, in addition to See also:

• ORDINARY (med. Lat. ordinarius, Fr. ordinaire)

ordinary school-See also:

• WORK

work, he carried on the private study of Arabic and See also:

• CHINESE, JAPANESE AND

Chinese; and the latter See also:

• LANGUAGE (adapted from the Fr. langage, from langue, tongue, Lat. lingua)

language continued especially to engage his See also:

• ATTENTION (from Lat. ad-tendo, await, expect; the condition of being " stretched " or " tense ")

attention during his undergraduate course, from 1825 to 1828, at the See also:

• UNIVERSITIES

universities of See also:

• LEIPZIG

Leipzig and See also:

• GOTTINGEN

Gottingen . In 183o he entered the public service of the duchy of Altenburg, where he attained to the See also:

• RANK (O.Fr. rant or rent, mod. rang, generally connected with the O.E. and O.H.G. bring, a ring)

rank of privy-councillor in 1843 . Four years later he was chosen to fill the See also:

• POST

post of Landmarschall in the See also:

• GRAND

grand-duchy of See also:

• WEIMAR

Weimar, and in 1848 he attended the See also:

• FRANKFORT

Frankfort See also:

• PARLIAMENT (Anglo-Lat. parliamentum, Fr. parlement, from parler, to speak)

parliament, and represented the Saxon duchies on the See also:

• COMMISSION (from Lat. commissio, committere)

commission for drafting an imperial constitution for See also:

• GERMANY
• GERMANY (Ger. Deutschland)

Germany . In See also:

• NOVEMBER (Lat. novem, nine)

November of the same See also:

• YEAR

year he became See also:

• PRESIDENT (Fr. president, from Lat. praesidens, post-Augustan Lat. for praeses, director, ruler, from praesidere, to sit in front of, preside)

president of the Altenburg See also:

• MINISTRY

ministry, but he resigned See also:

• OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")

office in the following See also:

• AUGUST (originally Sextilis)

August . From 1851 to 1868 he was president of the second chamber of the duchy of Altenburg; but in the latter year he withdrew entirely from public See also:

• LIFE

life, that he SiO2 TiO2 Ab202 FeO Fe203 MgO CaO Na20 See also:

• K20

K20 See also:

• H2O (combined)

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might give undivided attention to his learned researches . He died on his See also:

• ESTATE (through O. Fr. estat, mod. flat, from Lat. status, state, condition, position, stare, to stand)

estate of Lemnitz, in See also:

• SAXE, JOHN GODFREY (1816-1887)
• SAXE, MAURICE, COMTE DE (1696-1750)

Saxe-Weimar, on the 3rd of See also:

• SEPTEMBER (Lat. septem, seven)

September 1874 . In the course of his life he is said to have learned no fewer than eighty See also:

• LANGUAGES

languages, See also:

• THIRTY

thirty of which he spoke with fluency and elegance . But he was less remarkable for his See also:

• POWER [WILLIAM GRATTAN] TYRONE (1797-1841)

power of acquisition than for the higher See also:

• TALENT (Lat. talentum, adaptation of Gr. TaXavrov, balance, ! Recollections of a First Visit to the Alps (1841); Vacation Rambles weight, from root raX-, to lift, as in rXi vac, to bear, 1-aXas, and Thoughts, comprising recollections of three Continental

talent which enabled him to turn his know-ledge to the genuine See also:

• ADVANCEMENT

advancement of linguistic See also:

• SCIENCE (Lat. scientia, from scire; to learn, know)

science . Immediately after quitting the university, he followed up his Chinese researches by a study of the Finno-Ugrian languages, which resulted in the publication of his Elements de la grammaire mandchoue in 1832 . In 1837 he became one of the promoters, and a See also:

• JOINT (through Fr. from Lat. junctum, jungere, to join)

joint-editor, of the Zeitschrift fiir See also:

• DIE
• DIE (Fr. de, from Lat. datum, given)

die Kunde See also:

• DES

des Morgenlandes, and through this See also:

• MEDIUM

medium he gave to the See also:

• WORLD

world his Versuch einer mordwinischen Grammatik and other valuable contributions . His Grundzitge der syrjdnischen Grammatik appeared in 1841 . In See also:

• CONJUNCTION (from Lat. conjungere, to join together)

conjunction with his old school friend, Julius Lobe, he brought out a See also:

• COMPLETE

complete edition, with See also:

• TRANSLATION

translation, glossary and See also:

• GRAMMAR (from Lat. grammatica, sc. ars; Gr. ypaµ)

grammar, of See also:

• ULFILAS (c. 311-383)

Ulfilas's See also:

• GOTHIC

Gothic version of the See also:

• BIBLE
• BIBLE, ENGLISH

Bible (1843–1846) ; and from 1847 he began to contribute to the Zeitschrift der deutschen morgenlandischen Gesellschaft the fruits of his researches into the languages of the Swahilis, the See also:

• SAMOYEDES

Samoyedes, the Hazaras, the Aimaks, the Formosans and other widely-separated tribes . The Beitrdge zur Sprachenkunde (1852) contain Dyak, Dakota, and Kiriri grammars; to these were added in 1857 a Grammatik u . W orterbuch derKassiasprache, and in 186o a See also:

• TREATISE

treatise in universal grammar (Uber das Passivism) . In 1864 he edited the Manchu See also:

• TRANSLATIONS

translations of the Chinese Sse-shu, Shu-See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king and Shi-king, along with a See also:

• DICTIONARY

dictionary; and in 1873 he completed the work which constitutes his most important contribution to See also:

• PHILOLOGY

philology, Die melanesischen Sprachen nach ihrem grammatischen Bau and ihrer Verwandschaft unter sich and mit den malaiisch-polynesischen Sprachen untersucht (186o-1873) . It treats of the language of the See also:

• FIJI
• FIJI (Viii)

Fiji Islands, New See also:

• HEBRIDES, THE, or WESTERN ISLES

Hebrides, See also:

• LOYALTY

Loyalty Islands, New See also:

• CALEDONIA

Caledonia, &c., and shows their See also:

• RADICAL (Lat. radix, a root)

radical See also:

• AFFINITY (Lat. affinitas, relationship by marriage, from offinis, bordering on, related to; finis, border, boundary)
• AFFINITY, CHEMICAL

affinity with the Polynesian class .

He also contributed most of the linguistic articles in Pierer's Conversations-See also:

• LEXICON

Lexicon .