Sámuel Brassai
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Sámuel Brassai (15 June 1797 – 24 June 1897) was a Hungarian linguist and teacher sometimes called "The Last
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* É. Kiss, Katalin. 2008. A Pioneering Theory Of Information Structure. ''Acta Linguistica Hungarica'', Vol. 55 (1–2), pp. 23–40.


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* 1797 births 1897 deaths Hungarian centenarians Men centenarians Members of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences People from Alba County Rectors of the Franz Joseph University {{Hungary-linguist-stub