LORENZO HERVAS Y PANDURO (1735–1809)  , See also:

• SPANISH

Spanish philologist, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at Horcajo (See also:

• CUENCA

Cuenca) on the loth of May 1735• He joined the See also:

• JESUITS

Jesuits on the 29th of See also:

• SEPTEMBER (Lat. septem, seven)

September 1745 and in course of See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time became successively See also:

• PROFESSOR (the Latin noun formed from the verb profiteri, to declare publicly, to acknowledge, profess)

professor of See also:

• PHILOSOPHY (Gr. gthos, fond of, and vo4 (a, wisdom)

philosophy and humanities at the seminaries of See also:

• MADRID

Madrid and See also:

• MURCIA

Murcia . When the Jesuit See also:

• ORDER
• ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
• ORDER, HOLY

order was banished from See also:

• SPAIN
• SPAIN (Espana)

Spain in 1767, Hervas settled at Forli, and devoted himself to the first See also:

• PART

part of his See also:

• IDEA (Gr. Ibia, connected with i&eiv, to see; cf. Lat. species from specere, to look at)

Idea del-l' Universo (22 vols., 1778-1792) . Returning to Spain in 1798, he published his famous Catdlogo de See also:

• LAS

las lenguas de las naciones conocidas (6 vols., 1800-18o5), in which he collected the philological peculiarities of three See also:

• HUNDRED

hundred See also:

• LANGUAGES

languages and See also:

• DREW
• DREW, SAMUEL (1765-1833)

drew up grammars of See also:

• FORTY

forty languages . In 1802 be was appointed librarian of the Quirinal See also:

• PALACE (Lat. Palatium, the name given by Augustus to his residence on the Palatine Hill)

Palace in See also:

• ROME
• ROME (Roma)

Rome, where he died on the 24th of See also:

• AUGUST (originally Sextilis)

August 1809 . Max See also:

• MULLER, FERDINAND VON, BARON (1825–1896)
• MULLER, FRIEDRICH (1749-1825)
• MULLER, GEORGE (1805-1898)
• MULLER, JOHANNES PETER (18o1-1858)
• MULLER, JOHANNES VON (1752-1809)
• MULLER, JULIUS (18oi-1878)
• MULLER, KARL OTFRIED (1797-1840)
• MULLER, LUCIAN (1836-1898)
• MULLER, WILHELM (1794-1827)
• MULLER, WILLIAM JAMES (1812-1845)

Muller credits him with having anticipated See also:

• HUMBOLDT, FRIEDRICH HEINRICH ALEXANDER, BARON
• HUMBOLDT, KARL WILHELM VON (1767-1835)

Humboldt, and with making " one of the most brilliant discoveries in the See also:

• HISTORY

history of the See also:

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

science of See also:

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

language " by establishing the relation between the See also:

• MALAY

Malay and Polynesian See also:

• FAMILY

family of speech .