Gustave Fallot
Gustave Fallot (born November 17, 1807 in Montbéliard , † July 6, 1836 in Paris ) was a French Romanist and Medievalist .
life and work
Fallot, who was of Protestant descent, educated himself in the library of Gray . Charles Weiss (1779–1886), the librarian of Besançon , placed him in Paris, where he graduated from the École des Chartes in 1834 and was appointed sub-librarian at the Institut de France . On his untimely death he left behind the manuscript of his friend Paul Ackermann :
- Recherches sur les formes grammaticales de la langue française et de ses dialectes au XIIIe siècle, Paris 1839, 588 pages, with obituaries by Paul Ackermann and Benjamin Guérard (1797–1854).
In the history of the grammar of Old French , the book occupies an important place between the grammars of Konrad von Orelli (1830) and Georges-Frédéric Burguy (1853).
literature
- Bernard Cerquiglini, Une langue orpheline, Paris 2007 (chap. 4)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Fallot, Gustave |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French Romanist and Medievalist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 17, 1807 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Montbeliard |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 6, 1836 |
| Place of death | Paris |