Adolf Tobler, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Swiss linguist (1835-1910)
Date of Birth: 24-May-1835
Place of Birth: Hirzel, canton of Zürich, Switzerland
Date of Death: 18-Mar-1910
Profession: university teacher, romanist, philologist, linguist
Nationality: Switzerland, Germany
Zodiac Sign: Gemini 
About Adolf Tobler
- Adolf Tobler (24 May 1835 – 18 March 1910) was a Swiss-German linguist and philologist.
- Born in Hirzel in Zürich, Switzerland, he was the brother of linguist Ludwig Tobler (1827–1895).
- Adolf Tobler died in Berlin, Germany. He studied Romance philology at the universities of Zürich and Bonn, receiving his doctorate in 1857.
- At Bonn, he was influenced by the teachings of Friedrich Christian Diez and Nicolaus Delius.
- After graduation, he worked as a schoolteacher at the Solothurn cantonal school, then at the gymnasium in Bern.
- In 1867, he relocated to the University of Berlin, where from 1871 up until his death, he held the chair of Romance philology.
- In 1890/91, he served as university rector.The "Tobler-Mussafia law", a grammatical rule applicable to Romance languages is named after Tobler and Austrian philologist Adolf Mussafia.
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| Alternative names | Nicola Perscheid | ||
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| Date of birth/death | 3 December 1864 | 12 May 1930 | |
| Location of birth/death | de:Koblenz-Moselweiß, Prussia | Berlin, German Reich / Weimar Republic | |
| Work period | (at least) 1891 - 1929/1930 | ||
| Work location | Germany and Austria-Hungary: Klagenfurt, Görlitz (1891 - 1894), Leipzig (1894 - 1905), Berlin (from 1905 on) | ||
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