Philipp Ruhig

{{Short description|Lithuanian Lutheran priest and philosopher}}

File:Betrachtung der littauischen Sprache in ihrem Ursprunge, Wesen und Eigenschaften (Consideration of the Lithuanian language in its origin, essence and properties), 1745.jpg in its origin, essence and properties) by Philipp Ruhig, published in Königsberg, 1745]]

Philipp Ruhig ({{langx|lt|Pilypas Ruigys}}, {{langx|la|Philippus Ruhigius}}) (March 31, 1675, Kattenau — June 4, 1749) was a Lithuanian Lutheran priest from East Prussia mostly known as a philosopher and philologist, an early expert in Lithuanian language.[http://www.ostdeutsche-biographie.de/ruhiph99.htm Ruhig, Philipp, Pfarrer und Philologe] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719071302/http://www.ostdeutsche-biographie.de/ruhiph99.htm |date=2011-07-19 }} {{in lang|de}}

Major works

  • 1745: "Betrachtung der Littauischen Sprache, in ihrem Ursprunge, Wesen und Eigenschaften"
  • 1747: "Littauisch-Deutschen und Deutsch-Littauischen Lexicon"

References

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Further reading

  • {{in lang|lt}} Ruigys P. Lietuvių kalbos kilmės, būdo ir savybių tyrinėjimas. Vaga: 1986, Vilnius. 484 p. (Lituanistinė biblioteka; preface by Vytautas Mažiulis)

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Category:1675 births

Category:1749 deaths

Category:People from Nesterovsky District

Category:People from the Duchy of Prussia

Category:18th-century German Lutheran clergy

Category:Balticists

Category:Lithuanian language