Henri Goelzer (29 September 1853, Beaumont-le-Roger – 1 August 1929, Esprels) was a French classical philologist. In 1883 he obtained his doctorate at

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with a dissertation-thesis on

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, titled "''Grammaticæ in Sulpicium Severum observationes potissimum ad vulgarem latinum sermonem pertinentes''". Later on his career, he became a professor of

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and

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at the

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. He served as director of the Association Guillaume Budé, and in 1923 was elected a member of the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles Lettres.

Literary works

He is remembered for his editions of

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— '' Histoires'' (1921), '' Dialogue des orateurs''. '' Vie d'agricola''. '' La Germanie'' (1922), ''

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'' (1923) and of

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— '' Enéide'' (1915), '' Les bucoliques'' (1925), '' Géorgiques'' (1926). With

Eugène Benoist Eugène Benoist (28 November 1831, Nangis – 23 May 1887, Paris) was a French classical philologist. From 1852 he studied at the École Normale Supérieure in Paris, followed by work as a schoolteacher at the lycée in Marseille. In 1862 he ...

, he was the author of a Latin-French dictionary that was published over many editions: * ''Nouveau dictionnaire latin-francais, rédigé d'après les meilleurs travaux de lexicographie latine et particulièrement d'après les grands dictionnaires de Forcellini, de Georges, de Freund et de Klotz'' – New Latin-French dictionary written according to the best works of Latin

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published in France and abroad, and especially after the great dictionaries of

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, Wilhelm Freund and Reinhold Klotz. Other noteworthy writings by Goelzer include: * ''Étude lexicographique et grammaticale de la latinité de saint Jérôme'', (1884) – Lexicographical and grammatical study on the Latin of St. Jerome. * ''Grammaire comparée du grec et du latin'' (with Othon Riemann) 2 volumes, (1897-1901) – Comparative grammar of Greek and Latin. * ''Le latin de saint Avit, évêque de Vienne (450?-526?)'', (1909) – The Latin of

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.Most widely held works by Henri Goelzer
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Goelzer, Henri 1853 births 1929 deaths Academic staff of the University of Paris People from Eure French Latinists French philologists