Henri Goelzer (29 September 1853,

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– 1 August 1929,

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) was a French classical philologist. In 1883 he obtained his doctorate at

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with a dissertation-thesis on Sulpicius Severus, titled "''Grammaticæ in Sulpicium Severum observationes potissimum ad vulgarem latinum sermonem pertinentes''". Later on his career, he became a professor of

grammar In linguistics, the grammar of a natural language is its set of structure, structural constraints on speakers' or writers' composition of clause (linguistics), clauses, phrases, and words. The term can also refer to the study of such constraint ...

and

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at the

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. He served as director of the

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, and in 1923 was elected a member of the

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Literary works

He is remembered for his editions of

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— '' Histoires'' (1921), '' Dialogue des orateurs''. '' Vie d'agricola''. '' La Germanie'' (1922), '' Annales'' (1923) and of

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— '' Enéide'' (1915), '' Les bucoliques'' (1925), '' Géorgiques'' (1926). With

Eugène Benoist Eugène Benoist (28 November 1831, Nangis – 23 May 1887, Paris) was a French classical philologist. From 1852 he studied at the École Normale Supérieure in Paris, followed by work as a schoolteacher at the lycée in Marseille. In 1862 he o ...

, he was the author of a Latin-French dictionary that was published over many editions: * ''Nouveau dictionnaire latin-francais, rédigé d'après les meilleurs travaux de lexicographie latine et particulièrement d'après les grands dictionnaires de Forcellini, de Georges, de Freund et de Klotz'' – New Latin-French dictionary written according to the best works of Latin

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published in France and abroad, and especially after the great dictionaries of Egidio Forcellini,

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and

Reinhold Klotz Reinhold Klotz (13 March 1807 – 10 August 1870) was a German Classics, classical scholar. Biography Klotz was born in Stollberg near Chemnitz in the Kingdom of Saxony on 13 March 1807. He studied at the University of Leipzig and became assistant ...

. Other noteworthy writings by Goelzer include: * ''Étude lexicographique et grammaticale de la latinité de saint Jérôme'', (1884) – Lexicographical and grammatical study on the Latin of St. Jerome. * ''Grammaire comparée du grec et du latin'' (with

Othon Riemann Othon Riemann (13 June 1853, in Nancy – 16 August 1891, in Interlaken) was a French classical philologist and archaeologist. He studied at the École Normale Supérieure (ENS) in Paris, and in 1874 became a member of the École française d'Ath ...

) 2 volumes, (1897-1901) – Comparative grammar of Greek and Latin. * ''Le latin de saint Avit, évêque de Vienne (450?-526?)'', (1909) – The Latin of

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.Most widely held works by Henri Goelzer
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Goelzer, Henri 1853 births 1929 deaths Academic staff of the University of Paris People from Eure French Latinists French philologists