Ernst Risch (1911–1988) was a Swiss
hellenist
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and
philologist
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.
He was professor of
Indo-European studies
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at the
University of Zurich
The University of Zürich (UZH, german: Universität Zürich) is a public research university located in the city of Zürich, Switzerland. It is the largest university in Switzerland, with its 28,000 enrolled students. It was founded in 183 ...
Swiss philologists
1911 births
1988 deaths
People from Zürich
20th-century philologists
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