Zamenhof

Zamenhof, creator of the constructed language Esperanto, was an ophthalmologist.

Zamenhof, the creator of Esperanto, was an ophthalmologist.

Lazarus Zamenhof is Polish.

Dr. Zamenhof believed that a language belongs to the people who speak it which is why he never copyrighted Esperanto.

German punctuation is pedantic, English punctuation is chaotic, and for Esperanto Dr. Zamenhof suggested we look towards our mother tongue as a guideline. Go figure!

Doctor L.L. Zamenhof (1859-1917) personally translated masterpieces of literature into Esperanto.

Dr. Zamenhof didn't give us any rules for the use of punctuation in Esperanto, because he well knew what a bone of contention that would be.

Zamenhof is the creator of Esperanto.

Is it possible to indicate a date on which a language came into life? "What a question!" you will be inclined to say. And yet such a date exists: the 26th of July, the Day of Esperanto. On this day in 1887 appeared in Warsaw a booklet by Ludwik Lejzer Zamenhof about the "International Language".

On this day in 1887 appeared in Warsaw a booklet by Ludwik Lejzer Zamenhof about the "International Language". Its size was modest, its motto ambitious: "For a language to be international, it is not enough simply to declare it so." The name of the author was given as "Dr. Esperanto".