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See also:AUGUST See also:FRIEDRICH See also:POTT (1802–1887) , See also:German philologist, was See also:born at Nettelrede, See also:Hanover, on the 14th of See also:November 1802 . He studied in See also:Gottingen, and in 1825 became schoolmaster at See also:Celle, Hanover; but after two years removed to See also:Berlin, where he became privatdozent at the university . He studied See also:comparative See also:philology, and in 1883 was made See also:professor at See also:Halle, where he lived till his See also:death on the 5th of See also:July 1887 . His Etymologische Forschungen (1834–1836) entitled him to See also:rank as See also:Bopp's foremost See also:disciple in the Indo-Germanic See also:science of See also:language . See also:Pott also devoted much See also:attention to the origins of the See also:gipsies . |
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