Emmanuel Laroche

Emmanuel Laroche (1975)

Emmanuel Laroche (born July 11, 1914 in Clamart , † June 16, 1991 ) was a French linguist. His specialties were the ancient Anatolian languages and Hurrian .

Laroche studied at the École normal supérieure . He specialized in the languages and cultures of ancient Anatolia, especially the Hittites and the Hittite languages . After teaching in Nancy from 1942 to 1945, he taught at the University of Strasbourg from 1946 to 1972 , in parallel since 1954 at the École Pratique des Hautes Études . From 1965 to 1975 he was director of the Institut français d'archéologie d'Istanbul. From 1973 to 1985 he was Professor of Languages and Civilization in Asia Minor at the Collège de France .

Laroche was also active in archaeological research, including between 1971 and 1982 in Meydancıkkale near Gülnar in Cilicia (southern Turkey).

Fonts (selection)

Dictionnaire de la langue Louvite (= Bibliothèque Archéologique et Historique de l'Institut Français d'Archéologie d'Istanbul. Vol. 6, ZDB -ID 30378-1 ). Librairie Adrien-Maisonneuve, Paris 1959.
Catalog of the text Hittites (= Études et Commentaires. Vol. 75). Klincksieck, Paris 1971.
Glossaire de la langue hourrite (= Études et Commentaires. Vol. 93). Klincksieck, Paris 1980, ISBN 2-252-01984-0 .

literature

Florilegium anatolicum. Mélanges offerts è Emmanuel Laroche. Boccard, Paris 1979 (Festschrift on the occasion of his 65th birthday, with list of publications).
Heinrich Otten : Emmanuel Laroche. In: Almanac of the Austrian Academy of Sciences. Vol. 142, 1991/92, ISSN 0078-3447 , pp. 499-504.

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personal data
SURNAME	Laroche, Emmanuel
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	French linguist specializing in ancient Anatolian languages
DATE OF BIRTH	July 11, 1914
PLACE OF BIRTH	Clamart
DATE OF DEATH	June 16, 1991