Ludwik Zamenhof
Ludwik Zamenhof · Philosophy & Social Sciences
Created Esperanto, the world's most widely spoken constructed international language.
1859, Białystok, Poland (then Russian Empire) — 1917, Warsaw, Poland
Poland (Russian Empire)
Ludwik Zamenhof is recognized among Jewish contributors to Philosophy & Social Sciences — Created Esperanto, the world's most widely spoken constructed international language.
Zamenhof was an ophthalmologist who in 1887 created Esperanto, the most widely spoken constructed international language, in the hope that a neutral common tongue would ease ethnic and religious hatred. He was a Lithuanian (Litvak) Jew from Białystok, and the town's divided communities directly inspired his project.
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Created Esperanto, the world's most widely spoken constructed international language.
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Linguistics
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