LC control no. | no 95006574 |
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Descriptive conventions | rda |
Personal name heading | Labarre, E. J. |
Variant(s) | Labarre, Emile Joseph |
Associated country | England Netherlands |
Birth date | 1883-12-08 |
Death date | 1965-06-10 |
Place of birth | Huy (Belgium) |
Field of activity | Paper Papermaking Watermarks Linguistics |
Found in | Dictionary and encyclopaedia of ... 1952: t.p. (E.J. Labarre) de.wikipedia.org, 20 Dec. 2016 (Emile Joseph Labarre; b. 8 Dec. 1883 in Huy, Belgium; d. 10 June 1965; European linguist, historian of paper and watermarks; born in Belgium, moved at age 7 to Wolverhampton, England; became a British citizen; spoke French at home, learned German, Spanish, Russian, Dutch; taught languages in Dortmund and in Amsterdam; served as British vice-consul during World War I; interned by the Germans during World War II, released to England, and returned to Holland in 1945) |