| Linguists Name |
During |
Nationality |
Known for |
| Joseph Stalin |
1878-1953 |
Georgian |
Communist Party of the Soviet Union |
| Adam Smith |
1723-1790 |
Scottish |
Pioneer of political economy |
| Friedrich Nietzsche |
1844-1900 |
German |
wrote critical texts on religion, morality |
| G.W. Leibniz |
1646-1716 |
German |
Notable ideas Infinitesimal calculus |
| Jacob Grimm |
1785-1863 |
Berlin |
the author of the monumental German Dictionary |
| J.R.R. Tolkien |
1892-1973 |
England |
Tolkien was Rawlinson and Bosworth Professor of Anglo-Saxon at Oxford |
| Noam Chomsky |
1928 |
United States |
Notable ideas Generative grammar, universal grammar |
| Edward Rulloff |
1819-1871 |
United States |
Rulloff's brain can be seen on display as part of the Wilder Brain Collection |
| Suzette Haden Elgin |
1936 |
United States |
She founded the Science Fiction Poetry Association |
