Otto Jespersen
1860 to 1943
6 documented presences
5 places
Quo Fuit places 6 dated presences for Otto Jespersen across 5 places, from 1877 to 1943. Each one keeps the sentence it was taken from and a link to its source.
Jens Otto Harry Jespersen (16 July 1860 – 30 April 1943) was a Danish linguist who worked in foreign-language pedagogy, historical phonetics, and other areas, but is best known for his description of the grammar of the English language.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
Where Otto Jespersen was documented, and when
1877year
University of Copenhagenattested
“He entered the University of Copenhagen in 1877 when he was 17, initially studying law but not abandoning his language studies.”
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1893 to 1925period
University of Copenhagenattested
“Jespersen was a professor of English at the University of Copenhagen from 1893 to his retirement in 1925.”
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13 April 1897exact date
Frederiksbergattested
“Jespersen married Ane Marie Djørup on 13 April 1897; the couple, later together with their son (Frans), lived in Frederiksberg (administratively outside Copenhagen but geographically part of it), until their move in 1901 to Ermelundsly,…”
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13 April 1897exact date
Jægersborgattested
“Jespersen married Ane Marie Djørup on 13 April 1897; the couple, later together with their son (Frans), lived in Frederiksberg (administratively outside Copenhagen but geographically part of it), until their move in 1901 to Ermelundsly,…”
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13 April 1897exact date
Copenhagenattested
“Jespersen married Ane Marie Djørup on 13 April 1897; the couple, later together with their son (Frans), lived in Frederiksberg (administratively outside Copenhagen but geographically part of it), until their move in 1901 to Ermelundsly,…”
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30 April 1943exact date
Helsingørattested
“Jespersen became ill in December 1942; he died on 30 April 1943, and his urn was interred in a cemetery at Helsingør.”
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Places Otto Jespersen is documented in
University of Copenhagen2 presences · 1877 to 1893Copenhagen1 presence · 1897
Frederiksberg1 presence · 1897
Helsingør1 presence · 1943
Jægersborg1 presence · 1897
Other places tied to Otto Jespersen in the record
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1887year
Londonmentioned
“In 1887, soon after passing the Skoleembedseksamen, Jespersen went to London, where he met the phoneticians Wilhelm Viëtor, Alexander Ellis and Henry Sweet.”
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1888year
Leipzigmentioned
“Around New Year 1888 he went to Germany, first visiting Leipzig, where he met the phonetician and the historical linguists Karl Brugmann and August Leskien.”
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1888year
Germanymentioned
“Around New Year 1888 he went to Germany, first visiting Leipzig, where he met the phonetician and the historical linguists Karl Brugmann and August Leskien.”
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August 1888month
Copenhagenmentioned
“Following a tip from his mentor Vilhelm Thomsen that after a few years there would be a vacancy for a specialist in English, he returned to Copenhagen in August 1888 and began work on his doctoral dissertation on the English case system,…”
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1904 to 1910period
University of California at Berkeleymentioned
“Louis in 1904, and in 1909–1910 at the University of California at Berkeley, Columbia University (New York), the University of Chicago, Harvard University, and Wellesley College (Wellesley, Massachusetts).”
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1904year
Internet Archivementioned
“1904 printing and 1928 printing at the Internet Archive.”
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1910 to 1927period
Columbia Universitymentioned
“Jespersen received honorary degrees from Columbia University (1910), the University of St Andrews in Scotland (1925), and the Sorbonne in Paris (1927).”
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1910 to 1927period
Parismentioned
“Jespersen received honorary degrees from Columbia University (1910), the University of St Andrews in Scotland (1925), and the Sorbonne in Paris (1927).”
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1910 to 1927period
Scotlandmentioned
“Jespersen received honorary degrees from Columbia University (1910), the University of St Andrews in Scotland (1925), and the Sorbonne in Paris (1927).”
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1928 to 1936period
Copenhagenmentioned
“As well as continuing to write, he convened and chaired the first International Meeting on Linguistic Research in Geneva in 1930, co-chaired the first International Congress of Linguists in The Hague in 1928, and presided over the fourth…”
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1928 to 1936period
Genevamentioned
“As well as continuing to write, he convened and chaired the first International Meeting on Linguistic Research in Geneva in 1930, co-chaired the first International Congress of Linguists in The Hague in 1928, and presided over the fourth…”
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1928 to 1936period
The Haguementioned
“As well as continuing to write, he convened and chaired the first International Meeting on Linguistic Research in Geneva in 1930, co-chaired the first International Congress of Linguists in The Hague in 1928, and presided over the fourth…”
source: Wikipedia: Otto Jespersen
1930year
Genevamentioned
“Jespersen's active participation in the IALA included chairing an IALA-funded conference, the Meeting of Linguistic Research, held in Geneva in spring 1930; but perhaps more important to IALA was the prestige he brought.”
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