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Gérard Garitte (1914–1990) was a
Georgian Literature in European Scholarship
1914 births 1990 deaths 20th-century Belgian historians Kartvelian studies scholars Academic staff of the Catholic University of Leuven (1834–1968) Academic staff of the Université catholique de Louvain {{Belgium-historian-stub
Gérard Garitte (1914–1990) was a Belgian
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historian
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and an academic at the Catholic University of Leuven
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and later the French-speaking
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University of Louvain
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in Louvain-la-Neuve
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, Belgium. He raised the study of Georgian
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ecclesiastical literature to a high level. In 1959, he was awarded the Francqui Prize
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on Human Sciences ("Orientalisme chrétien - Philologie classique"). In 1962, strongly opposed to the expulsion of French speakers from the Catholic University of Louvain, he created the ACAPSUL movement together with Georges Lemaître
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to fight against the split of the university.
See also
*Kartvelian studies
The Kartvelian studies ( ka, ქართველოლოგია) also referred as Kartvelology or Georgian studies is a field of humanities covering Kartvelian (Georgian) history, languages, religion and/or culture.
In a narrower sense, the ...
References
External links
Georgian Literature in European Scholarship
1914 births 1990 deaths 20th-century Belgian historians Kartvelian studies scholars Academic staff of the Catholic University of Leuven (1834–1968) Academic staff of the Université catholique de Louvain {{Belgium-historian-stub