Jan Baudouin de Courtenay

Jan Baudouin de Courtenay (1845–1929) was a Polish linguist and slavist. Baudouin de Courtenay was born in Radzymin on 13 March 1845. He died in Warsaw on 3 November 1929, at the age of 84.

Baudouin de Courtenay worked in linguistics. He was attached to Imperial University of Dorpat (1883–1893), Kazan Federal University (from 1875) and Jagiellonian University (1893–1900).

Baudouin de Courtenay received Order of Saint Anna, 2nd class, Order of Saint Anna, 3rd class, Order of Saint Stanislaus, 2nd class, Order of St. Vladimir, 4th class and Order of Saint Stanislaus, 3rd class. He was elected to Academy of Sciences of the USSR, Saint Petersburg Academy of Sciences and Academy of Learning. He studied at Charles University, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin and University of Warsaw (master's degree).

Baudouin de Courtenay was the son of Aleksander Baudouin de Courtenay. He married Romualda Baudouin de Courtenay. He had two recorded children, Cezaria Baudouin de Courtenay Ehrenkreutz Jędrzejewiczowa and Zofia Baudouin de Courtenay.

Jan Baudouin de Courtenay is covered in 46 language editions of Wikipedia, a rough measure of how far the name has carried beyond Poland.