Samuel Bogumił Linde (Toruń, 11 or 24 April 1771 – 8 August 1847, Warsaw) was a Polish lexicographer, linguist, librarian, and an important figure of the Polish Enlightenment.
Linde was born to Jan Jacobsen Linde, a master locksmith and member of city council who had immigrated from Sweden, and Anna Barbara née Langenhann. He studied theology and philology in Leipzig. In 1793 he began to collaborate with supporters of the Constitution of May 3, 1791. Linde was in Warsaw during the Kościuszko Uprising and supported Hugo Kołłątaj. From 1795-1803 he was Józef Maksymilian Ossoliński's librarian and began gathering materials for his dictionary. In 1800 he was invited to join the Warsaw Society of Friends of Learning.
He married Ludwika Nussbaum, originally from Switzerland. Their daughter Ludwika Emilia Izabela was the wife of Leopold Otto. Linde was a Lutheran and is buried in the Evangelical-Augsburg Cemetery in Warsaw.
Works
Linde's major work was a four-volume monolingual dictionary of the Polish language, of lasting importance for Slavic lexicography, published in Warsaw in 1807–1814.
See also
References
- Arleta Adamska-Sałaciak, Linde's Dictionary: A landmark in Polish lexicography
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