Alexis Chassang
Alexis Chassang (2 April 1827 in Bourg-la-Reine – 8 March 1888 in Bourg-la-Reine) was a French linguist and translator.
In 1849 he received his agrégation in letters, and in 1852, his doctorate. Afterwards, he served as a professor of rhetoric at lycées in Lille and Bourges. From 1862 to 1871 he was a professor of Greek languages and literature at the École Normale Supérieure in Paris.[1]
From 1873 to 1888 he held the post of Inspector General of Secondary Education. He was co-founder of the Association pour l'encouragement des études grecques (Association for the Promotion of Hellenic Studies), serving as its president in 1887.[2]
Published works
- Des Essais dramatiques imités de l'antiquité au XIVe et au XVe siècle, 1852 (dissertation).
- Choix de narrations tirées des auteurs latins, 1854.
- Histoire du roman et de ses rapports avec l'histoire dans l'antiquité grecque et latine, 1862.
- Apollonius de Tyane : sa vie, ses voyages, ses prodiges, 1862 (translation of Philostratus).
- Le Spiritualisme et l'idéal dans l'art et la poésie des Grecs, 1868.
- Nouveau dictionnaire grec-francais, 1872.
- Nouvelle grammaire grecque... d'après les principes de la grammaire comparée, 1872.[3]
- Nouvelle grammaire française, 1876.
- Grammaire grecque, d'après la méthode comparative et historique : cours supérieur, 1888.[1]
- New etymological French grammar giving for the first time the history of the French syntax.
References
- Pierre Larousse, Grand Dictionnaire universel du XIXe siècle, vol. III, 1867.
- 1 2 Chassang, Alexis Sociétés savantes de France
- ↑ Alexis Chassang (1827-1888) at data.bnf.fr
- ↑ Most widely held works about Alexis Chassang WorldCat Identities
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