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Rasmus Rask

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Gender Male
Death191 years ago
Date of birth November 22,1787
Zodiac sign Sagittarius
Born Denmark
Date of died November 14,1832
DiedCopenhagen
Denmark
ParentsNiels Hansen Rasch
Birthe Rasmusdatter
Place of burialAssistens Cemetery, Copenhagen, Denmark
Education Odense Cathedral School
Copenhagen University
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Rasmus Rask Life story


Rasmus Kristian Rask was a Danish linguist and philologist. He wrote several grammars and worked on comparative phonology and morphology. Rask traveled extensively to study languages, first to Iceland, where he wrote the first grammar of Icelandic, and later to Russia, Persia, India, and Ceylon.

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