Charles Favez
Charles Favez (born June 2, 1885 in Port Louis , † June 16, 1960 in Lausanne ) was a Swiss classical philologist .
Favez received his doctorate in 1918 with a dissertation on Seneca at the University of Lausanne Dr. phil. He was a high school professor and private lecturer at the University of Lausanne. His study La consolation latine chretienne (1937) is still fundamental to the study of Christian consolation literature from late antiquity . On July 18, 1912, he married Hedwig von Zedlitz (1879–1971), a daughter of Hilmar Freiherr von Zedlitz, in Darmstadt.
Fonts
- L'inspiration chrétienne dans les Consolations de S. Ambroise , in: Revue des Études Latines 8 (1930), pp. 82–91.
- La Consolation latine chrétienne . Paris 1937.
- Les opinions de Seneque sur la femme , in: Revue des Etudes Latines 16 (1938), pp. 335-345.
- Saint Jérôme peint par lui-même . Bruxelles 1958.
- Le roi et le tyran chez Seneque , in: Hommages a Leon Herrmann (Collection Latomus vol. 44). Bruxelles 1960.
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| SURNAME | Favez, Charles |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss classical philologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 2, 1885 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Port Louis |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 16, 1960 |
| Place of death | Lausanne |