Rasmus Rask
Danish linguist and philologist
Rasmus Kristian Rask was a Danish linguist and philologist. He wrote several grammars and worked on comparative phonology and morphology. Rask traveled extensively to study languages, first to Iceland, where he wrote the first grammar of... Wikipedia
Born: November 22, 1787, Brændekilde, Denmark
Died: November 14, 1832 (age 44 years), Copenhagen, Denmark
Place of burial: Assistens Cemetery, Copenhagen, Denmark
Parents: Niels Hansen Rasch and Birthe Rasmusdatter