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French linguists

37 published records, arranged alphabetically. Each entry is published only where a named source supports it.

Abbé DelilleAuthor · BooksIllustration — A print by Pierre-Michel Alix after a portrait of the poet (1802)
Abel HermantAuthor · BooksAbel Hermant (3 February 1862 – 29 September 1950) was a French novelist, playwright, essayist and writer, and member of the Académie française.
Abraham Hyacinthe Anquetil-DuperronAuthor · BooksAbraham Hyacinthe Anquetil-Duperron (7 December 173117 January 1805) was the first professional French Indologist. He conceived the institutional framework for the new profession.
Adolphe PictetAuthor · BooksAdolphe Pictet (11 September 1799 – 20 December 1875) was a Swiss linguist, philologist and ethnologist.
Adrianus TurnebusAuthor · BooksAdrianus Turnebus (Adrien Turnèbe or Tournebeuf; 151212 June 1565) was a French classical scholar.
Alois KayserAuthor · BooksAlois Kayser (March 29, 1877 in Lupstein, Alsace – October 21, 1944 in Chuuk) was a German-French Roman Catholic missionary who spent almost forty years on Nauru and wrote a Nauruan grammar…
Assia DjebarPerson · Film memorabiliaFatima-Zohra Imalayen (30 June 1936 – 6 February 2015), known by her pen name Assia Djebar, was an Algerian novelist, translator and filmmaker.
August StöberAuthor · BooksIllustration — August Stöber
Benjamin FondanePerson · Film memorabiliaBenjamin Fondane (lang) or Benjamin Fundoianu (born Benjamin Wechsler, Wexler or Vecsler, first name also Beniamin or Barbu, usually abridged to B;
Bernard DubourgAuthor · BooksIllustration — Bernard Dubourg
Claude Charles FaurielAuthor · BooksClaude Charles Fauriel (klod ʃaʁl foʁjɛl; 21 October 1772 – 15 July 1844) was a French historian, philologist and critic.
Étienne DoletAuthor · BooksÉtienne Dolet (lang; 3 August 15093 August 1546) was a French scholar, translator and printer.
François-Marie LuzelAuthor · BooksFrançois-Marie Luzel (6 June 1821 – 26 February 1895), often known by his Breton name Fañch an Uhel, was a French folklorist and Breton-language poet.
Gaston WaringhienAuthor · BooksGaston Waringhien (July 20, 1901 – December 20, 1991) was a French linguist, lexicographer, and Esperantist. He wrote poems as well as essays and books on linguistics.
Guillaume de JerphanionPhotographer · PhotographyGuillaume de Jerphanion, born in Pontevès in 1877, died in Rome on 22 October 1948, was a French Jesuit, archaeologist and explorer of Cappadocia.
Henri d'Arbois de JubainvilleAuthor · BooksIllustration — Henri d'Arbois de Jubainville
Ioannis PsycharisAuthor · BooksIoannis (Yiannis) Psycharis (Greek: Ιωάννης (Γιάννης) Ψυχάρης; French: Jean Psychari; 1854–1929) was a Russian-born philologist who was much of his life a national of France.
Jean TerrassonAuthor · BooksJean Terrasson (31 January 1670 – 15 September 1750), often referred to as the Abbé Terrasson, was a French Catholic priest, author and member of the Académie française.
Jean-Baptiste-Antoine SuardAuthor · BooksJean-Baptiste-Antoine Suard (15 January 1732 in Besançon – 20 July 1817 in Paris) was a French writer, translator and man of letters during the Age of Enlightenment.
Jean-François LyotardAuthor · BooksJean-François Lyotard (lang; 10 August 1924 – 21 April 1998)[5] was a French philosopher, sociologist, and literary theorist.
Julio CortázarAuthor · BooksJulio Florencio Cortázar (26 August 1914 – 12 February 1984) was an Argentine and naturalised French novelist, short story writer, poet, essayist, and translator.
Julius OppertAuthor · BooksJulius (Jules) Oppert (9 July 1825 – 21 August 1905) was a French-German Assyriologist, born in Hamburg of Jewish parents.
Linda Maria BarosAuthor · BooksLinda Maria Baros (born 6 August 1981) is a French-language poet, translator and literary critic. She has won the Prix Guillaume Apollinaire in 2007 and The Poetical Calling Prize in 2004.
Mouloud MammeriAuthor · BooksMouloud Mammeri (Tamazight: Mulud At Mɛammer) was an Algerian writer, anthropologist and linguist.
Nancy HustonAuthor · BooksNancy Louise Huston (born September 16, 1953) is a Canadian novelist and essayist, a longtime resident of France, who writes primarily in French and translates her own works into English.
Philippe Di FolcoAuthor · BooksIllustration — Philippe Di Folco
Pierre Antoine DupontAuthor · BooksDivisional-General Pierre-Antoine, comte Dupont de l'Étang (4 July 1765 – 9 March 1840) was a French army officer and politician who served in the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars.
Pierre BecAuthor · BooksPierre Bec (lang; 11 December 1921 – 30 June 2014) was a French Occitan-language poet and linguist.
Pierre DaruAuthor · BooksPierre Antoine Noël Bruno, Comte Daru (12 January 1767 – 5 September 1829) was a French soldier, statesman, historian, and poet.
Pierre LarousseAuthor · BooksPierre Larousse was a French lexicographer, linguist, publisher, editor, writer and grammarian (1817–1875). He was born in Toucy and died in Paris.
Pierre-Claude-Victor BoisteAuthor · BooksPierre-Claude-Victor Boiste (1765 – 24 April 1824) was a French lexicographer born in Paris.
Robèrt LafontAuthor · BooksRobèrt Lafont (March 16, 1923 in Nîmes – June 24, 2009 in Florence) was a French intellectual from Provence.
Sabine HuynhAuthor · BooksSabine Huynh (born 1972) is a Vietnamese-born French writer, poet, translator, and literary critic.
Yasmina RezaPerson · Film memorabiliaYasmina Reza (lang; born 1 May 1959) is a French playwright, actress, novelist and screenwriter best known for her plays Art and God of Carnage.

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