Jānis Endzelīns

Jānis Endzelīns (22 February 1873 – 1 July 1961) was a Latvian linguist.

Jānis Endzelīns
Born(1873-02-22)22 February 1873
Kauguri parish, Governorate of Livonia, Russian Empire
Died1 July 1961(1961-07-01) (aged 88)
Koknese, Latvian SSR, Soviet Union
NationalityLatvian
Alma materUniversity of Dorpat
AwardsOrder of the Three Stars
Order of Lenin
Order of the Red Banner of Labour
Order of the Red Star
Order of the White Lion
Order of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas

He graduated from the University of Tartu.[1] In 1908, he and Kārlis Mīlenbahs developed the modern Latvian alphabet, which slowly replaced the old orthography used before.

He was elected a foreign member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1936.[2]

References
  1. Rožkalne, Anita; LU literatūras; folkloras un mākslas institūts (2003). Latviešu rakstniecība biogrāfijās (in Latvian). Riga: Zinātne. ISBN 9984-698-48-3. OCLC 54799673.
  2. "J. Endzelin (1873 - 1961)". Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
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