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Georges Dumézil

Georges Edmond Raoul Dumézil

French philologist (1898-1986).

Statements about Georges Dumézil

Place of Birth

12th Arrondissement of Paris

Country of Citizenship

France

Award Received

Officer of the Legion of Honour
Croix De Guerre 1914–1918
Commander of the French Order of Academic Palms
Prix Mondial Cino Del Duca
 (1984)
Follows
:
Jacques Ruffié
Followed By
:
William Styron
Point in Time
: 1984
Honorary Doctor of the University of Uppsala
 (1955)
Point in Time
: 1955
Honorary Doctor of the University of Liège
 (1979)
Point in Time
: 1979

Educated At

Lycée Louis-Le-Grand
École Normale Supérieure

Date of Birth

3/4/1898

Date of Death

10/11/1986

Instance Of

Human

Occupation

Linguist
Historian of Religion
Anthropologist
Military Personnel

Member Of

Académie Française
 (10/26/1978 - )
Start Time
: 10/26/1978
Académie Des Inscriptions Et Belles-Lettres
 (1970 - 1986)
Subject Has Role
:
Free Member
Start Time
: 1970
End Time
: 1986
Royal Academy of Science, Letters and Fine Arts of Belgium
Freemasonry

Place of Death

5th Arrondissement of Paris

Given Name

Georges

Employer

Collège De France
 (1949 - 1968)
Position Held
:
Professor
Start Time
: 1949
End Time
: 1968
École Pratique Des Hautes Études
Uppsala University
University of Warsaw
Istanbul University

Academic Degree

Doctor of Sciences in Philology
 (1924)
Point in Time
: 1924

Name in Native Language

Georges Dumézil

Field of Work

Philology
Mythology

Doctoral Advisor

Antoine Meillet

Pseudonym

Georges Marcenay

Child

Perrine Dumézil-Curien
Claude Dumézil

Languages Spoken, Written or Signed

French
English
Polish
Swedish
Turkish

Cause of Death

Cerebrovascular Disease

Sex or Gender

Male

Archives At

Collège De France
Inventory Number
:67 CDF

Father

Jean Dumézil

Assessment

Agrégation of Literature
 (1919)
Point in Time
: 1919
Ranking
: 6
Agrégation of History

Writing Language

French

Position Held

Seat 40 of the Académie Française
 (10/26/1978 - 10/11/1986)
Replaces
:
Jacques Chastenet
Replaced By
:
Pierre-Jean Rémy
Start Time
: 10/26/1978
End Time
: 10/11/1986
Q15639454
 (1937 - 1949)
Replaces
:
Frédéric Macler
Replaced By
:
Frédéric Feydit
Start Time
: 1937
End Time
: 1949

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Student Of

Antoine Meillet

Family Name

Q80456102

Spouse

Madeleine Legrand
 (8/25/1925 - )
Start Time
: 8/25/1925

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Relative

Hubert Curien
Kinship to Subject
:
Son-in-Law
Bruno Dumézil
Kinship to Subject
:
Nephew

Place of Burial

Nuits-Saint-Georges

Birth Name

Georges Edmond Raoul Dumézil

Manner of Death

Natural Causes
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