Alois Walde

Alois Walde (November 30, 1869 – October 3, 1924) was an Austrian linguist.

Alois Walde studied classical philology and comparative linguistics at the University of Innsbruck where he was awarded a PhD in 1894.

In 1895, he was awarded his habilitation and became a professor in 1904 at the University of Innsbruck.

In the same year, Walde accepted a professorship at Breslau University for 1924, but he died before he could take the new position.

[1] Walde contributed widely to the research on laryngeal theory and Indo-European lexis.