Lazăr Șăineanu
Lazăr Șăineanu · Philosophy & Social Sciences
Romanian linguist and philologist of Romance and folklore studies.
1859, Ploiești, Romania — 1934, Paris, France
Romania · France
Lazăr Șăineanu is recognized among Jewish contributors to Philosophy & Social Sciences — Romanian linguist and philologist of Romance and folklore studies.
Șăineanu was a Romanian-born linguist and philologist, a pioneer of comparative folklore studies and Romance philology, later famous in France for his monumental studies of the language of Rabelais and of Parisian slang. Born to a Jewish family in Romania, he was repeatedly denied citizenship because of his Jewish origin despite his scholarship; he emigrated to France, where he continued his career.
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Romanian linguist and philologist of Romance and folklore studies.
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Linguistics
