Engelbert Pigal

Engelbert Pigal
Born1899?
Died24 April 1978
CitizenshipAustria
Known forInterlingue, Interlingua

Engelbert Pigal (1899? – 24 April 1978) was an Austrian engineer. A speaker of Interlingua and two other auxiliary languages, he wrote two cosmological monographs in Interlingua.

Life

As a youth, Pigal learned the auxiliary language Ido. In 1921, he joined the preparatory committee for the first Ido congress in Vienna. At the 1926 Ido conference in Cassel, he startled many listeners by delivering a presentation on the naturalistic auxiliary language Occidental. The next year, he and Karl Janotta began to work for Occidental in Austria. Pigal was editor and co-author of Occidental, die Weltsprache ("Occidental, the World Language"), the principal work on this language. In a later work, Ab Occidental verso Interlingua ("From Occidental towards Interlingua"), he showed why he considered Interlingua to be the better alternative.

Between 1931 and 1938, Pigal served as Scientific Director of the Hoerbiger Institute in Vienna.[1] In this position, he examined Hans Hoerbiger's theory of glacial cosmology. He published two monographs on cosmology in Interlingua, Problematica del cosmologia moderne and Astro-Geologia. In the second work, he endeavored to solve fundamental problems of geology, such as the origins of mountains and oceans, using the exact method of physics and his own theory of planetary interference.

Later, Pigal persuaded professor Eugen Wüster, also of Austria, to use Interlingua in his work to standardize international scientific terminology. This work led to the founding of the powerful International Organization for Standardization (ISO). To his death at the age of 80 (?), Pigal was a member of the Council of the Union Mundial pro Interlingua and was the national Interlingua representative in Austria.

References

  1. ^ Handbook of International Organisations: (associations, Bureaux, Committees, Etc.). League of Nations. 1938. p. 131. Retrieved August 6, 2015.

Content Disclaimer

Informasi ini disarikan dari Wikipedia dan disajikan kembali untuk tujuan edukasi. Konten tersedia di bawah lisensi CC BY-SA 3.0. Kami tidak bertanggung jawab atas ketidakakuratan data yang bersumber dari kontribusi publik tersebut.

  1. The information displayed on this website is sourced in part or in whole from Wikipedia and has been adapted for the purpose of restating it. We strive to provide accurate and relevant information, however:
  2. There is no guarantee of absolute accuracy. Wikipedia is an open, collaborative project that can be edited by anyone, so information is subject to change.
  3. It is not intended to constitute professional advice. The content displayed is for informational and educational purposes only. For important decisions (e.g., medical, legal, or financial), please consult a professional.
  4. Content copyright. Wikipedia is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License (CC BY-SA). This means that content may be reused with appropriate attribution and shared under a similar license.
  5. Responsible use. Any risk arising from the use of information from this website is entirely the responsibility of the user.