Frédéric-Eugène Godefroy, (13 February 1826,

Paris Paris () is the Capital city, capital and List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), ma ...

– 30 September 1897,

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) was a French author, notable for his works on the history of the French language, notably compiling a 10-volume

Old French Old French (, , ; Modern French: ) was the language spoken in most of the northern half of France from approximately the 8th to the 14th centuries. Rather than a unified language, Old French was a linkage of Romance dialects, mutually intellig ...

dictionary of over 20,000 pages.

Publications

* ''Histoire de la littérature française depuis le XVIe siècle jusqu’à nos jours'', 1859–1863 * ''Lexique comparée de la langue de Corneille et de la langue du XVIIe siècle en général'', 1862 * ''Morceaux choisis des prosateurs et poètes français des XVIIe, XVIIIe et XIXe siècles'', 1872 * ''L’Instrument de la revanche. Études sur les principaux collèges chrétiens'', 3 vol., 1872 * ''Morceaux choisis des prosateurs et poètes français du 9e au XVIe, gradués en cinq cours'' * ''Histoire de la littérature française, depuis le XVIe siècle jusqu'à nos jours'', 15 volumes * ''La Mission de Jeanne d’Arc'', 1878 * ''Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française du IXe siècle au XVe siècle'', 1881

References

* 1826 births 1897 deaths Writers from Paris French lexicographers French male non-fiction writers 19th-century lexicographers {{France-nonfiction-writer-stub