Adolphe Pictet

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Adolphe Pictet (born September 11, 1799 in Geneva; died December 20, 1875) was a Swiss linguist.

Pictet is well-known for his research in the field of comparative linguistics. He was the cousin of the biologist Francois Jules Pictet.

[edit] Works

• De l'affinité des langues celtiques avec le Sanscrit (1837)
• Du beau dans la nature (2nd ed. 1875)
• Les origines indo-européennes ou les Aryas primitifs (2nd ed. 1878, 3 vols.)