Adolf Tobler
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Adolf Tobler | |
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 Adolf Tobler, photograph by Nicola Perscheid (1904) | |
| Born | 24 May 1835 Hirzel, Zürich, Switzerland |
| Died | 18 March 1910 (aged 74) Berlin, Germany |
| Relatives | Ludwig Tobler (brother) |
Adolf Tobler (24 May 1835 – 18 March 1910) was a Swiss-German linguist and a philologist. Born in Hirzel in Zürich, Switzerland, he was a brother to 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, and 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 the university rector.[1][2]
The "Tobler-Mussafia law", a grammatical rule applicable to Romance languages, is named after Tobler and the Austrian philologist Adolf Mussafia.[3]
