Philippe Langlois () in

Norman language Norman or Norman French (, , Guernésiais: , Jèrriais: ) is a ''Langues d'oïl, langue d'oïl'' spoken in the historical region, historical and Cultural area, cultural region of Normandy. The name "Norman French" is sometimes also used to des ...

: Ph'lippe Langliais (22 September 1817 – 19 June 1884) was a Norman language writer in

Jèrriais ( ; also known as the Jersey language, Jersey French and Jersey Norman French in English) is a Romance languages, Romance language and the traditional language of the Jersey people. It is a form of the Norman language spoken in Jersey, an isla ...

. He wrote under the

pen name A pen name or nom-de-plume is a pseudonym (or, in some cases, a variant form of a real name) adopted by an author and printed on the title page or by-line of their works in place of their real name. A pen name may be used to make the author's na ...

of "Un Luorenchais, as well as "P.L.". Patois Poems of the Channel Islands 1883

Langliais came from an old family of

St Lawrence Saint Lawrence or Laurence (; 31 December 225 – 10 August 258) was one of the seven deacons of the city of Rome under Pope Sixtus II who were martyred in the persecution of the Christians that the Roman emperor Valerian ordered in 258. ...

in Jersey. He studied in

Caen Caen (; ; ) is a Communes of France, commune inland from the northwestern coast of France. It is the Prefectures in France, prefecture of the Departments of France, department of Calvados (department), Calvados. The city proper has 105,512 inha ...

and

Paris Paris () is the Capital city, capital and List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, largest city of France. With an estimated population of 2,048,472 residents in January 2025 in an area of more than , Paris is the List of ci ...

and qualified in medicine in

Dublin Dublin is the capital and largest city of Republic of Ireland, Ireland. Situated on Dublin Bay at the mouth of the River Liffey, it is in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Leinster, and is bordered on the south by the Dublin Mountains, pa ...

where he was received into the

Royal College of Surgeons The Royal College of Surgeons is an ancient college (a form of corporation) established in England to regulate the activity of surgeons. Derivative organisations survive in many present and former members of the Commonwealth. These organisations ...

. A scholar and scientist, he was also Deputy of St Lawrence,

Jurat The ''jurats'' () are lay people in Guernsey and Jersey who act as judges of fact rather than law, though they preside over land conveyances and liquor licensing. In Alderney, however, the jurats are judges of both fact and law (assisted by thei ...

of the Royal Court (elected 27 June 1876) and major and medical officer in the Royal Jersey Militia. As president of La

Société Jersiaise The Société Jersiaise () is a learned society in Jersey which was founded in 1873, in the manner of similar county societies in the United Kingdom and Sociétés Savantes in France for the purposes of: *The publication of local history *T ...

, Langliais collaborated on the beginnings of the ''Glossaire du Patois Jersiais'' with his colleague Augustus Asplet Le Gros. Langliais was a prolific poet : each of his published poems corresponds to perhaps two left in

manuscript A manuscript (abbreviated MS for singular and MSS for plural) was, traditionally, any document written by hand or typewritten, as opposed to mechanically printed or reproduced in some indirect or automated way. More recently, the term has ...

, in French and in English. His best known and best written pieces in Jerriais are in ''Lé Vièr Temps'' and ''Lé Jèrriais''.

References

*''Eune Collection Jèrriaise'', Jersey, 2007 1817 births 1884 deaths Norman-language writers Jersey writers People from Saint Lawrence, Jersey Deputies of Jersey {{Jersey-bio-stub