About
A Latvian author and linguist, he is credited with over fifty scholarly articles. His greatest accomplishment was his Latvian-German dictionary.
Before fame
He studied classical philology at the University of Dorpat; however, financial woes forced him to discontinue his studies.
Trivia
He co-translated The Odyssey.
Family life
He was raised in Riga, Latvia.
Associated with
He and Dora Gabe both studied philology.
