Helmut Rix, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Helmut Rix

German linguist

Date of Birth: 04-Jul-1926

Place of Birth: Amberg, Bavaria, Germany

Date of Death: 03-Dec-2004

Profession: historian, university teacher, linguist

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Helmut Rix (4 July 1926, in Amberg – 3 December 2004, in Freiburg im Breisgau) was a German linguist and professor of the Sprachwissenschaftliches Seminar of Albert-Ludwigs-Universität, Freiburg, Germany. He is best known for his research into Indo-European and Etruscan languages, as well as the author of the hypothesis of Tyrrhenian languages.