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Frédéric Eichhoff

Frédéric Gustave Eichhoff (17 August 1799, in Le Havre – 10 May 1875, in Paris) was a French linguist and philologist. He studied at Paris, receiving his doctorate in 1826 with a thesis on Hesiod. In 1837–38, he worked as a substitute for Claude Fauriel at the Sorbonne, and in 1842 was appointed professor of foreign languages at the Faculty of Letters in Lyon.

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Frédéric Eichhoff

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Full name
Frédéric Gustave Eichhoff.
Born
1799. · Le Havre.
Died
1875. · 6th arrondissement of Paris.
Nationality
France.
Occupation
school teacher, writer, philologist, linguist, university teacher and librarian.
Fields
philology and linguistics.
Honours
Knight of the Legion of Honour.
Languages
French.

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Frédéric Gustave Eichhoff (17 August 1799, in Le Havre – 10 May 1875, in Paris) was a French linguist and philologist. He studied at Paris, receiving his doctorate in 1826 with a thesis on Hesiod. In 1837–38, he worked as a substitute for Claude Fauriel at the Sorbonne, and in 1842 was appointed professor of foreign languages at the Faculty of Letters in Lyon.

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