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Detlev Blanke

German interlinguistics lecturer (1941–2016)

PersonDied aged 75humanQ12889

Born: May 30, 1941
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1.Stated in Integrated Authority FileRetrieved 2014-04-09
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Died: August 20, 2016
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Birthplace: Neumünster
Place of death: Berlin
Citizenship: Germany(since 1990)
, East Germany(until 1990)
Occupation: linguist
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1.Stated in Integrated Authority FileRetrieved 2026-04-20
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, interlinguist
, Esperantist(since 1957)
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Education: Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Employer: Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin

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Detlev Blanke was a German Esperantist. He was an interlinguistics lecturer at the Humboldt University of Berlin. He was one of Germany's most active Esperanto philologists and was from 1991 to 2016 both the chair of the Gesellschaft für Interlinguistik and the editor of its newsletter, Interlinguistische Informationen. He and his wife, Wera Blanke, were especially interested in the evolution of language, particularly in the development of terminology for the constructed language, Esperanto, and questions of sociolinguistics. Blanke made a study of Eugen Wüster's work toward common international terminology and international standardization.

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Field of work: esperantology
planned language
linguistics
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1.Stated in Czech National Authority DatabaseRetrieved 2022-11-07
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interlinguistics
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1.Stated in Czech National Authority DatabaseRetrieved 2022-11-07
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Esperanto
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1.Stated in Czech National Authority DatabaseRetrieved 2022-11-07
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higher education institution
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1.Stated in Czech National Authority DatabaseRetrieved 2022-11-07
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Awards: Honorary Member of the World Esperanto Association(2011)
Member of: Cultural Association of the GDR
Universal Esperanto Association
East German Esperanto Association
Society for Interlinguistics
Academic degree: doctorate
Given name: Detlev
Work location: Berlin
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1.Stated in Integrated Authority FileRetrieved 2015-04-02
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Website: blanke-interlinguistik.de
Family name: Blanke
Sex or gender: male
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1.Stated in Integrated Authority FileRetrieved 2024-07-03
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Name in native language: Detlev Blanke
Archives at: German Federal Archives inventory number: NY 4604 · type of document(s) held: Nachlass
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