Adolphe Pictet

Adolphe Pictet ( born September 11, 1799 in Lancy, † December 20, 1875 ) in Geneva was a Swiss linguist.

Pictet was known for his research in the field of comparative linguistics. He is considered, along with Julius von Klaproth as one of the inventors of linguistic paleontology.

He was the son of Charles and Emma Pictet Cazenove and a cousin of the biologist Francois Jules Pictet. Pictet studied in Geneva, Paris, Berlin, London and Edinburgh. In Berlin he attended lectures of Hegel, among others. Adolphe Pictet died at the age of 76 years.

Works (selection)

  • De l' affinité des langues avec le Sanscrit celtiques, 1837
  • Essai sur les propriétés et la tactique of fusées de guerre, 1848
  • Les origines indo - européennes ou les Aryas Primitifs, essay de linguistique paléontologie Paris, Cherbuliez 1850-53 (2nd edition 1878, 3 vols )
  • You beau dans la nature, l' art et la poésie 1856 (2nd edition 1875)
  • Essai sur quelques inscriptions en langue gauloise, 1859
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