Hans Vermeer
German linguist and translator
Prof. Dr. h.c. Hans Josef Vermeer, was a German linguist and translation scholar.
Vermeer was Professor of Linguistics at the University of Mainz in Germersheim and held a chair in Translation Studies at Heidelberg University. Wikipedia
Born: September 24, 1930, Iserlohn, Germany
Died: February 4, 2010 (age 79 years), Heidelberg, Germany
Known for: Skopos theory