| LC control no. | n 50030551 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Dumézil, Georges, 1898-1986 |
| Variant(s) | Дюмезиль, Жорж, 1898-1986 Di︠u︡mezilʹ, Zhorzh, 1898-1986 |
| See also | Employer: Uniwersytet Warszawski Employer: İstanbul Üniversitesi Employer: Uppsala universitet Employer: École pratique des hautes études (France) Employer: Collège de France Corporate body: Académie française |
| Birth date | 1898-03-04 |
| Death date | 1986-10-11 |
| Place of birth | Paris (France) |
| Place of death | Paris (France) |
| Field of activity | Academic writing Comparative linguistics Education Mythology, Indo-European Religions |
| Affiliation | École normale supérieure (France) Université de Paris Uniwersytet Warszawski İstanbul Üniversitesi Uppsala universitet École pratique des hautes études (France) Collège de France Académie française |
| Profession or occupation | College teachers Linguists Translators Academic Professor |
| Special note | Non-Latin script reference not evaluated. |
| Found in | His Le problème des centaures, 1929. His Entretiens avec Didier Eribon, c1987: t.p. (Georges Dumézil) p. 5 (b. 3/4/1898, d. 10/11/86) Osetinskiĭ ėpos i mifologii︠a︡, 1976: t.p. (Ж. Дюмезиль = Zh. Di︠u︡mezilʹ) colophon (Жорж Дюмезиль = Zhorzh Di︠u︡mezilʹ) Archaic Roman religion, 1970: title page (Georges Dumézil) Gale Biography in Context, April 1, 2014 (Georges (Edmond Raoul) Dumezil; born March 4, 1898 in Paris, France; died October 11, 1986 in Paris, France. Studied and wrote extensively on comparative mythology and Indo-European studies; fluent in 40 languages. Family: married Madeleine Legrand, 1925; children: Anne Perrine, Claude. Education: attended College de Neufchateau, Paris; Lycee de Troyes, Paris; Louis-le-Grand, Paris; Lycee de Tarbes; Ecole Normale Superieure, Agrege des Lettres, Docteur es lettres, 1920; University of Paris, thesis on comparative religion, doctorate, 1924. Employment: Lycee de Beauvais, teacher, 1920; University of Warsaw, lecturer, 1920-21; University of Istanbul, professor of the history of religions, 1925-31; University of Uppsala, lecturer in French, 1931-33; Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes, department of comparative religion, director of studies, 1935-68; College de France, chair of Indo-European civilization, 1949-68. Member of the Académie française.) |
| Associated language | fre |
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