Editing Rasmus Rask (section)

{{short description|Danish linguist and philologist}}
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| birth_name         = Rasmus Christian Nielsen Rasch
| birth_date         = {{birth date|1787|11|22|df=y}}
| birth_place        = Brændekilde, Denmark
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| death_place        = [[Copenhagen]], Denmark
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'''Rasmus Kristian Rask''' ({{IPA|da|ˈʁɑsmus ˈkʰʁestjæn ˈʁɑsk|lang}}; born '''Rasmus Christian Nielsen Rasch''';<ref name="Nielsen" /> 22 November 1787 – 14 November 1832) was a Danish [[linguist]] and [[philologist]]. He wrote several grammars and worked on comparative [[phonology]] and [[morphology (linguistics)|morphology]]. Rask traveled extensively to study languages, first to [[Iceland]], where he wrote the first grammar of [[Icelandic language|Icelandic]], and later to [[Russia]], [[Persia]], [[India]], and [[Sri Lanka|Ceylon]] (now Sri Lanka). Shortly before his death, he was hired as professor of Eastern languages at the [[University of Copenhagen]]. Rask is especially known for his contributions to [[comparative linguistics]], including an early formulation of what would later be known as [[Grimm's Law]].<ref name="Nielsen" /><ref name="Leksikon" /> He was elected as a member to the [[American Philosophical Society]] in 1829.<ref>{{Cite web|title=APS Member History|url=https://search.amphilsoc.org/memhist/search?year=1829;year-max=1829;smode=advanced;f1-date=1829|access-date=2021-04-07|website=search.amphilsoc.org}}</ref>