Marcus Zuerius van Boxhorn

Dutch linguist
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IntroDutch linguist
PlacesNetherlands
wasLinguist Educator
Work fieldAcademia Literature Social science
Gender
Male
Birth28 August 1612, Bergen op Zoom, Bergen op Zoom, North Brabant, Netherlands
Death3 October 1653Leiden, South Holland, Netherlands, Kingdom of the Netherlands (aged 41 years)
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Biography

Marcus Zuerius van Boxhorn (August 28, 1612 – October 3, 1653) was a Dutch scholar (his Latinized name was Marcus Zuerius Boxhornius). Born in Bergen op Zoom, he was professor at the University of Leiden. He discovered the similarity among Indo-European languages, and supposed the existence of a primitive common language which he called 'Scythian'. He included in his hypothesis Dutch, Greek, Latin, Persian, and German, later adding Slavic, Celtic and Baltic languages. He excluded languages such as Hebrew from his hypothesis. He died in Leiden.

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