Jakob Jud u:t(12 January 1882 in

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– 15 June 1952 in

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( Romanist). From 1922 to 1950 he taught classes in Romance philology and Old French literature at the

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Karl Jaberg Karl Jaberg (4 April 1877, in Langenthal – 30 May 1958, in Bern) was a Swiss linguist and dialectologist. He studied Romance philology at the University of Bern, and furthered his education in Paris (1900/01), where his influences include ...

, he was the author of ''Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz'' (8 volumes, 1928–40). In 1936, with Arnald Steiger, he founded the magazine ''Vox Romanica''. He became a foreign member of the

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in 1946.

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Linguists from Switzerland 1882 births 1952 deaths Romance philologists Members of the Académie royale de langue et de littérature françaises de Belgique Members of the Institute for Catalan Studies Members of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences People from Münchwilen District University of Zurich faculty 20th-century linguists {{Switzerland-linguist-stub