Charles Alexandre (17 February 1797,
Amiens
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– 6 June 1870, Paris) was a 19th-century French
hellenist
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,
philologist
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, general inspector of the Instruction publique and a member of the
Institut de France
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.
He was a student at the
École normale supérieure
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* École (river), a tributary of the Seine flowing i ...
in 1814.
Works
He is the author of many books, in particular an
ancient greek
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-French dictionary published in 1858 as well as a coauthor of a French -
ancient greek
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one published in 1861
and editor of an edition of the greek text, with a Latin translation of the ''
Sibylline Oracles
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''.
Honours
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Commandeur de la LĂ©gion d'honneur.
References
External links
Notice sur la vie et les travaux de M. Charles Alexandre, membre de l'Académie1871, sur le site de Persée
Les oracles sibyllins : texte grec, traduction latine : Ă©dition de C. Alexandre 1869
Selected list of his publications on the Système Universitaire de Documentation catalog
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1797 births
1870 deaths
People from Amiens
French hellenists
French philologists
École Normale Supérieure alumni
Members of the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres
Commanders of the Legion of Honour
19th-century French lexicographers