Karl Julius Platzmann (born 31 January 1832 in

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; died 6 September 1902 in Leipzig) was a German

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, draftsman and philologist. His official Author citation was “Platzm.”

Life

Between 1858 and 1864, Platzmann lived in Paranagua (

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), in order to study the local flora and fauna. His place in the history of linguistics is owed to his passion for collecting words in Latin American languages. He collected books about Native American languages written by missionaries. Later he published facsimiles of these books, beginning in 1874 with a facsimile of the

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grammar of 1595 by the Jesuit

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. Facsimile editions of historical South American language books followed and eventually included the Carib,

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, Tupi-Guaraní,

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, Quechua-Aymará and the Mexican

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(Aztec) languages. He was elected as a member to the

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in 1886.

Selected bibliography

* ''Aus Der Bai Von Paranagu.''

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doi:10.5962/bhl.title.61919 Nabu Press 2010. . * ''Glossar feurländischer Sprachen''.

882 __NOTOC__ Year 882 (Roman numerals, DCCCLXXXII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events By place Europe * January 20 – King Louis the Younger dies in Frankfurt. He ...

Reprint. BiblioBazaar 2008, . * ''Wesshalb Ich Neudrucke Der Alten Amerikanischen Grammatiker Veranlasst Habe.''

893 __FORCETOC__ Year 893 ( DCCCXCIII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events By place Europe * Vladimir, ruler (''khan'') of the Bulgarian Empire, is dethroned by his fat ...

Reprint. Nabu Press 2010, . * ''Amerikanisch-Asiatische Etymologien Via Behringstrasse 'From the East to the West.'' Nabu Press 2010, . * ''Der Sprachstoff Der Brasilianischen Grammatik Des Luis Figueira von Julius Platzmann und Luis Figueira''. Nabu Press 2010.

References

External links

* Works on Archive.org

{{DEFAULTSORT:Platzmann, Julius 19th-century German botanists 1832 births 1902 deaths Linguists Members of the American Philosophical Society Scientists from Leipzig