Eugen Wüster
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Eugen Wüster in 1967
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Eugen Bernhard Casper Wüster 10 October 1898 Wieselburg, Austria |
| Died | 29 March 1977 (aged 78) Vienna, Austria |
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electrical engineer industrialist terminologist |
Eugen Wüster (10 October 1898 – 29 March 1977) was an industrialist and terminologist.
Wüster became enthusiastic about Esperanto when he was 15, soon coming to the fore as an Esperanto translator and as the author of various monographs and numerous articles, particularly on questions of Esperanto terminology and lexicography. He trained in electrical engineering and later took over his father's factory.
From mid-1918 to 1920, as a 20- to 22-year-old student, he compiled the core of the legendary encyclopedic Esperanto-German dictionary, which is still unmatched to this day for its detailed and faithful presentation of the early vocabulary of Esperanto and Zamenhof's usage (L.L. Zamenhof was the initiator of Esperanto). The experience Wüster acquired in compiling this dictionary formed the basis for his Stuttgart thesis, which is regarded as a seminal work on Terminology Science (2nd edition, Bonn 1966).
Due to his research on international technical communication, the Technical Committee for Terminology Standardization of the International Organization for Standardization (ISO/TC 37) was established in 1936.
Wüster forged the international principles of terminology standardization and contributed significantly to the foundations of the modern information society. The influence of Wüster's terminology ideas has been enormous especially in the medical field, where it has also given rise to a critical reaction.
He taught at the University of Vienna. The Eugen-Wüster Archives at the University of Vienna as well as at the Esperanto Museum and Department of Planned Languages of the Austrian National Library are based on material that he bequeathed.
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