Vincent Foix
Vincent Foix (born January 22, 1857 in Narrosse , Landes , † April 30, 1932 in Laurède , Landes ) was a French Romance scholar , Occitanist, dialectologist and lexicographer.
Life
After his ordination, the abbé Foix was chaplain in Magescq and Mugron, then from 1887 pastor of Laurède, Landes , for 45 years . During the entire time he worked, he collected documents and information on local and regional history and language. He was a member of the Escòla Gaston Fèbus (founded in 1896) and from 1913 to 1931 General Secretary of the Société de Borda in Dax . He left behind extensive manuscript material that is stored in the archives of the Landes department.
Works
- Poésie popular landaise. Choix de prières, formulettes, attrapes, énigmes, dictons, proverbes & chants religieux, Dax 1890
- Lalanne. Essai généalogique sur les familles nobles ou titrées de ce nom, Dax 1920
- Sorcières & loups-garous dans les Landes, Auch 1904, o.O. 1988, Pau 2001
- Dictionnaire gascon-français (Landes) [13508 entries]. Lexique français-gascon [8463 entries]. Éléments d'un thesaurus gascon, ed. from the Center d'études des cultures d'Aquitaine et d'Europe du sud, CECAES, ud L. by Paule Bétérous, Pessac 2003 (XXIII, 817 pages)
Web links
- http://www.garae.fr/spip.php?article232 (with picture)
- http://cths.fr/an/prosopo.php?id=1362
- Literature by and about Vincent Foix in the SUDOC catalog (Association of French University Libraries)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Foix, Vincent |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French Romance philologist, Occitanist, dialectologist and lexicographer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 22, 1857 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Narrosse , Landes |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 30, 1932 |
| Place of death | Laurède , Landes |