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Birth
He was born on March 13, 1845 in Radzymin, Congress Poland -
Education
In 1866 he graduated from the historic "Main School" a predecessor of the University of Warsaw and was awarded a scholarship of the Russian Imperial Ministry of Education, he went on to study at universities around the world. -
Established a school
In the mid-1870s he established the Kazan School of Linguistics and served as a Professor there for awhile. -
In the 20th Century his influence created three majoy schools in phonology
The Leningrad school of phonology, the Moscow school of phonology and the Prague school of phonology all arose directly from his distinction between Add to dictionary physiophonetic and psychophonetic alternations. -
Became a co-founder of a Polish Linguistic Society
In 1925 he became the co-founder of the Polish Linguistic Society -
Death
Jan Baudouin de Courtenay died on November 3, 1929 at the age of 84
