Jean Lanher
Jean Lanher (born October 31, 1924 in Montmédy ; † January 4, 2018 ) was a French Romance scholar and dialectologist.
life and work
Lanher completed his habilitation at the Sorbonne with Raymond Arveiller with a contribution à l'étude d'une scripta diplomatique en Lorraine. Actes en langue vulgaire antérieurs à 1271, conservés dans le département des Vosges (2 vols., Paris 1976) and became professor at the University of Nancy . He taught French language and literature from the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. Together with Alain Litaize and Jean Richard he compiled the Atlas linguistique et ethnographique de la Lorraine romane (4 vols., 1979–1988). He was co-editor of numerous colloquia volumes on Lorraine regional and local history.
Lanher was an associate member of the Académie de Stanislas since 1978 and a regular member since 1987.
Other works
- Chartes en langue française antérieures à 1271 conservées dans le département des Vosges, Paris 1975
- (Ed.) Humor en Lorraine, Le Puy 1982
- Au fil des mois. Dictons de Lorraine (with Alain Litaize), Nancy 1985
- Au fil du temps. Dictons de Lorraine (with Alain Litaize), Nancy 1989
- Dictionnaire du français régional de Lorraine (with Alain Litaize), Paris 1990, 1994, 2002 (udT Le parler de Lorraine), 2006
- Expressions et histoires à rire de Lorraine, Paris 2000, 2008
- Le pays de Montmédy au fil des jours, août 1914-November 1918, Metz 2001
literature
- Lorraine Vivante. Homage to Jean Lanher, ed. by Roger Marchal and Bernard Guidot, Nancy 1993 (with list of publications)
Web links
- Literature by and about Jean Lanher in the SUDOC catalog (Association of French University Libraries)
- http://www.montmedy.com/index.php?page=4 (with picture)
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Lanher, Jean |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French Romance studies and dialectologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 31, 1924 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Montmédy |
| DATE OF DEATH | 4th January 2018 |