Leo Weisgerber
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1899 – 1985
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Who was Leo Weisgerber?
Johann Leo Weisgerber was a Lorraine-born German linguist who also specialized in Celtic linguistics. He developed the "organicist" or "relativist" theory that different languages produce different experiences. He was son of a village-teacher who served as a young man in the German army in Flanders and could not return to his home city for that. During World War II his pan-Celticist ideology was co-opted to support the German war effort, as did pro-Polish and pro-Czech ideology on the side of the allies.
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- Born
- Feb 25, 1899
Metz - Nationality
- Germany
- Employment
- University of Rostock
- University of Bonn
- Lived in
- Metz
- Died
- Aug 8, 1985
Bonn
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on July 23, 2013
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