Frédéric Gustave Eichhoff (17 August 1799, in

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– 10 May 1875, in

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) was a French

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and

philologist Philology () is the study of language in oral and written historical sources; it is the intersection of textual criticism, literary criticism, history, and linguistics (with especially strong ties to etymology). Philology is also defined as th ...

. He studied at Paris, receiving his doctorate in 1826 with a thesis on

Hesiod Hesiod (; grc-gre, Ἡσίοδος ''Hēsíodos'') was an ancient Greek poet generally thought to have been active between 750 and 650 BC, around the same time as Homer. He is generally regarded by western authors as 'the first written poet i ...

. In 1837–38, he worked as a substitute for Claude Fauriel at the Sorbonne, and in 1842 was appointed professor of foreign languages at the Faculty of Letters in Lyon. From 1855 onward, he served as inspector-general for public instruction.Eichhoff, Frédéric Gustave
Sociétés savantes de France He was a member of the

Académie de Stanislas The Académie de Stanislas is a learned society founded in Nancy, France on 28 December 1750 by the King of Poland, Duke of Lorraine and Bar, Stanisław Leszczyński, under the name ''Société Royale des Sciences et Belles-Lettres de Nancy''. It ...

and a correspondent member of the

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(1847–75).

Selected works

* ''Études grecques sur Virgile'', 1825 – Greek studies on

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. * ''Parallele des langues de l'Europe et de l'Inde'', 1836 – Language parallels of Europe and India. * ''Histoire de la langue et de la littérature des Slaves, Russes, Serbes, Bohèmes, Polonais et Lettons'', 1839 – History of the languages and of the literature of Slavs, Russians, Serbs, Bohemians, Poles and Letts. * ''Dictionnaire étymologique des racines allemandes'', 1840 – Etymological dictionary of German roots. * ''Tableau de la littérature du nord au moyen âge en Allemagne et en Angleterre, en Scandinavie et en Slavonie'', 1853 – Table of literature regarding the Middle Ages in Germany, England,

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and

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. * ''Poesie heroique des Indiens comparee a l'epopee grecque et romaine'', 1860 – Heroic poetry of the Indians compared to the Greek and Roman epic. * ''Grammaire générale Indo-Européenne'', 1867 –

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general grammar. * ''Rig-véda; ou, Livre des hymnes'' –

Rigveda The ''Rigveda'' or ''Rig Veda'' ( ', from ' "praise" and ' "knowledge") is an ancient Indian collection of Vedic Sanskrit hymns (''sūktas''). It is one of the four sacred canonical Hindu texts (''śruti'') known as the Vedas. Only one Sh ...

; or, Book of hymns.Most widely held works by F. G Eichhoff
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Eichhoff, Frederic 1799 births 1875 deaths Writers from Le Havre Academic staff of the University of Lyon Linguists from France Linguists of Indo-European languages