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Philosophy & Social Sciences
Arsène Darmesteter
Who
Arsène Darmesteter · Philosophy & Social Sciences
What
French philologist of Old French and historical semantics.
When
1846, Château-Salins, France — 1888, Paris, France
Where
France
Biography
Arsène Darmesteter is recognized among Jewish contributors to Philosophy & Social Sciences — French philologist of Old French and historical semantics.
How & why
Darmesteter was a French philologist who helped found the scientific study of Old French and the history of word meanings (historical semantics), and co-authored a major dictionary of the French language. He was Jewish, born in Château-Salins in Lorraine, and taught at the Sorbonne.
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Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Linguistics
Contributions & Sources
French philologist of Old French and historical semantics.
1846
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Linguistics
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