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BLEEK, WILHELM HEINRICH IMMANUEL (1827-1875) , See also:German philologist, son of See also:Friedrich Bleek, was See also:born in 1827 at See also:Berlin. He studied first at See also:Bonn and afterwards at Berlin, where his See also:attention was directed towards the philological peculiarities of the See also:South See also:African See also:languages. In his See also:doctor's dissertation (Bonn, 1851), De nominum generibus linguarum Africae Australis, he endeavoured to show that the Hottentot See also:language was of See also:North African descent. In 1854 his See also:health prevented him accompanying Dr W. B. See also:Baikie in the expedition to the See also:Niger; but in the following See also:year he accompanied See also:Bishop See also:Colenso to See also:Natal, and was enabled to prosecute his researches into the language and customs of the See also:Kaffirs. Towards the See also:close of 1856 he settled at Cape See also:Town, and in 1857 was appointed interpreter by See also:Sir See also:George See also:Grey. In 1859 he was compelled by See also:ill-health to visit See also:Europe, and on his return in the following year he was made librarian of the valuable collection of books presented to the See also:colony by Sir George Grey. In 1869 he visited See also:England, where the value of his services was recognized by a See also:pension from the See also:civil See also:list. He died at Cape Town on the 17th of See also:August 1875. His See also:works, which are of considerable importance for African and Australian See also:philology, consist of the Vocabulary of the See also:Mozambique Language (See also:London, 1856); Handbook of African, Australian and Polynesian Philology (Cape Town and; London, 3 vols., 1858-1863); See also:Comparative See also:Grammar of the South African Languages (vol. i., London, 1869); Reynard the See also:Fox in South See also:Africa, or Hottentot Fables and Tales (London, 1864); Origin of Language (London, 1869).

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