Otto Jespersen
Danish linguist (1860–1943) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For the Norwegian comedian, see Otto Jespersen (comedian).
Jens Otto Harry Jespersen (Danish: [ˈʌtsʰo ˈjespɐsn̩]; 16 July 1860 – 30 April 1943) was a Danish linguist who specialized in the grammar of the English language. Steven Mithen described him as "one of the greatest language scholars of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries."[1]