Charles Alexandre (17 February 1797,

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– 6 June 1870, Paris) was a 19th-century French

hellenist Classics or classical studies is the study of classical antiquity. In the Western world, classics traditionally refers to the study of Ancient Greek literature, Classical Greek and Roman literature and their related original languages, Ancient ...

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, general inspector of the Instruction publique and a member of the

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. He was a student at the

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in 1814.

Works

He is the author of many books, in particular an

ancient greek Ancient Greek includes the forms of the Greek language used in ancient Greece and the ancient world from around 1500 BC to 300 BC. It is often roughly divided into the following periods: Mycenaean Greek (), Dark Ages (), the Archaic peri ...

-French dictionary published in 1858 as well as a coauthor of a French -

one published in 1861 and editor of an edition of the greek text, with a Latin translation of the '' Sibylline Oracles''.

Honours

Commandeur de la Légion d'honneur The National Order of the Legion of Honour (french: Ordre national de la Légion d'honneur), formerly the Royal Order of the Legion of Honour ('), is the highest French order of merit, both military and civil. Established in 1802 by Napoleon B ...

References

External links

Notice sur la vie et les travaux de M. Charles Alexandre, membre de l'Académie
1871, sur le site de Persée
Les oracles sibyllins : texte grec, traduction latine : édition de C. Alexandre
1869
Selected list of his publications on the Système Universitaire de Documentation catalog
{{DEFAULTSORT:Alexandre, Charles 1797 births 1870 deaths People from Amiens French hellenists French lexicographers French philologists École Normale Supérieure alumni Members of the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres Commanders of the Legion of Honour 19th-century lexicographers