Background
Winter, Werner was born on October 25, 1923 in Haselau, Federal Republic Germany. Son of Carl and Anna (Lienau) Winter.
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linguist philologist university professor
Winter, Werner was born on October 25, 1923 in Haselau, Federal Republic Germany. Son of Carl and Anna (Lienau) Winter.
Doctor of Philosophy, University Bern, Switzerland, 1949. Doctor of Letters (honorary), University Poznan, Poland, 1984. Doctor of Letters (honorary), University Kaliningrad, Russia, 2000.
Although he wrote hardly any individual volumes of his own, he established himself in the study of Tocharian and, as a result of his work as the editor of many series and work in general linguistics, he had far-reaching influence. Winter spent his life in his native Holstein. His students included Olav Hackstein, Peter Kuhlmann, and Christian T. Petersen.
He is known for formulating Winter"s law.
He was appointed president of Societas Linguistica Europaea in 1991. He died in Preetz.
Honorary doctorate from the University of Poznań (1984)
Honorary doctorate from the University of Kaliningrad (2000).
Member Academy Europaea, Societas Scientiarum Fennica, Linguistic Society of America (honorary), Linguistic Society Nepal (honorary), Societas Linguistica Europaea (secretary 1966), Society for the Study of Indigenous Languages of the American mathematical society (honorary).
Married Ingrid Anders, December 13, 1952. 1 child, Christian Anders.
