When is Edgar de Wahl's birthday?

Edgar de Wahl's birthday is August 23. He was born on August 23, 1867 in Olviopol, Russian Empire.

How old was Edgar de Wahl when he died?

Edgar de Wahl died on March 9, 1948, aged 80.

Who shares a birthday with Edgar de Wahl?

Famous people who share Edgar de Wahl's August 23 birthday include Louis XVI of France, Kobe Bryant, Osman I, Charles Martel and Gene Kelly.

Scholarship · Politics · Science · 1867–1948

Edgar de Wahl — Age, Birthday & Biography

Born: 23 August 1867 · Died: 9 March 1948 · Age: 80

Baltic German teacher and linguist who created Occidental, the international auxiliary language now called Interlingue

Did you know?He spent many years teaching physics and mathematics in Estonia while developing his new language to be as natural as possible.

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Date of birth23 August 1867
Date of death9 March 1948
Age at death80
NationalityRussian
BirthplaceOlviopol, Russian Empire
Occupationlinguist, Esperantist, Idist

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Edgar de Wahl created an international language designed to look natural to Europeans. He was a Baltic German who taught maths and physics in Tallinn, then in the Russian Empire. He learned Volapük and Esperanto early and joined the debates about a world language. He felt Esperanto looked too artificial. In 1922 he published Occidental, built from familiar Western word roots so that readers could understand it at sight. After the Second World War the language was renamed Interlingue. He spent his last years in a psychiatric hospital in Tallinn.

Edgar von Wahl (Interlingue: Edgar de Wahl; born Edgar Alexis Robert von Wahl; 23 August 1867 – 9 March 1948) was a Baltic German mathematics and physics teacher who lived in Tallinn, Estonia.

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Edgar de Wahl: Creator of Interlingue

Baltic German linguist, 1867–1948

Edgar de Wahl was born in Olviopol on 23 August 1867.

He taught maths and physics in Tallinn.

He published Occidental in 1922.

He died in Tallinn on 9 March 1948, aged 80.

Career highlights

1888Esperanto: early supporter
1894Tallinn: teacher
1922Occidental: published
1928Cosmoglotta: journal begins
1949Interlingue: new name adopted

Did you know?Occidental was renamed Interlingue a year after his death.

Age at death: 80
Years since death: 78

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Father: Oskar von Wahl
Mother: Lydia Amalie Marie von Husen
Spouse: Marie Elisabeth von Hübbenet

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When is Edgar de Wahl's birthday?: Edgar de Wahl's birthday is August 23. He was born on August 23, 1867 in Olviopol, Russian Empire.
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Who shares a birthday with Edgar de Wahl?: Famous people who share Edgar de Wahl's August 23 birthday include Louis XVI of France, Kobe Bryant, Osman I, Charles Martel and Gene Kelly.

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