Carel Gabriel Cobet (1813-1889)

Subject Fields

Classical Languages and Literature, Linguistics, Paleography

Born

Paris, France

Famous for

His consumate knowledge of paleography, writing in perfect Latin prose, De Arte interpretandi Grammatices et Critices Fundamentis annixa, (his inaugural address for extraordinary professorship at Leiden) being called the most perfect piece of Latin written in the 19th century.

Researcher in Leiden

1846-1884

Today in Leiden

Cobet Street