Information about famous foreign and domestic linguists, philologists who have made significant contributions to various fields of linguistics
Saussure Ferdinand
SOSSUR FERDINAND The life of the Swiss scientist Ferdinand de Saussure (1857-1813), externally not rich in events, was full of inner drama. By the end of his life, everyone, including the scientist himself, considered him …
Vinogradov Victor Vladimirovich
V. V. Vinogradov Vinogradov Viktor Vladimirovich (1895-1969) was both a linguist and a literary critic, a man of encyclopedic knowledge, 
the founder of two linguistic sciences – the history of the Russian literary language and science …
Baudouin de Courtenay Ivan Alexandrovich
Baudouin de Courtenay Ivan Alexandrovich Baudouin de Courtenay (1845-1929) was an outstanding linguist of his time. He lived a long and generally happy life, although he was in …
Potebnya Alexander Afanasevich
A.A. Potebnya Alexander Afanasyevich Potebnya (1835-1891) is a prominent representative of the Kharkov linguistic school, where the language was studied in a wide cultural and historical context. Studying the origins and development …
Fortunatov Philip Fedorovich
FORTUNATOV Fortunatov Philip Fedorovich (1848-1914) was born into the family of a teacher – director of the Petrozavodsk gymnasium. Having entered the Faculty of History and Philology of Moscow University, Fortunatov enthusiastically studied comparative historical linguistics, studied …
