comparative philology
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of comparative philology
First recorded in 1880–85
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He attended St. Paul’s School and Magdalene College, Cambridge, where he earned a degree in classics and comparative philology in 1952.
From New York Times ● Aug. 29, 2016
The most prodigious of British autodidacts was Joseph Wright, a Victorian workhouse boy who became professor of comparative philology at Oxford.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 20, 2015
Another branch of inquiry cognate to history which he prized was comparative philology.
From Studies in Contemporary Biography by James Bryce, Viscount Bryce
In 1872-1880 Greenough offered the first courses in Sanskrit and comparative philology given at Harvard.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 5 "Greek Law" to "Ground-Squirrel" by Various
Really, Your Excellency does me the honour of taking me for an Œdipus, whilst I am only a simple professor of comparative philology.
From Abb? Aubain and Mosaics by Prosper M?rim?e
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