Jürgen Untermann
Deceased Person
1928 – 2013
Who was Jürgen Untermann?
Jürgen Untermann was a German linguist, indoeuropeanist and epigraphist.
A disciple of Hans Krahe and of Ulrich Schmoll, he studied at the University of Frankfurt and the University of Tübingen. He became a professor of Comparative Linguistics at the University of Cologne.
His research focuses on the study of the Italic and Palaeohispanic languages, described as "Trümmersprachen". He is considered the foremost expert on Palaeohispanic languages, publishing the corpus of Palaeohispanic inscriptions in Monumenta Linguarum Hispanicarum, and systematizing the study of the ancient Iberian anthroponomastics.
On 2010 he was awarded with the Príncipe de Viana Prize for Culture
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