Pierre Antoine Louis Havet (; 6 January 1849, Paris – 26 January 1925, Paris) was a French

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and

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, an expert on classical Greek and Latin poetry. He was the son of

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. He was professor at

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, where in 1885-1925 he was chairman of the department of Latin

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. Since 1893 he was a member of the

Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres The Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres () is a French learned society devoted to history, founded in February 1663 as one of the five academies of the Institut de France. The academy's scope was the study of ancient inscriptions ( epig ...

. In 1917 he became the first vice-president of the

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. He was a member of the central committee of the

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("Human Rights League"), which defended

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in the

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Major works

* ''Manuel de critique verbale appliquée aux textes latins'' (1867) * ''Cours élémentaire de métrique grecque et latine'' (1886) * ''La Prose métrique de Symmaque et les origines métriques du Cursus'' (1892
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* ''Amphitruo'' (''

Amphitryon Amphitryon (; Ancient Greek: Ἀμφιτρύων, ''gen''.: Ἀμφιτρύωνος; usually interpreted as "harassing either side", Latin: Amphitruo), in Greek mythology, was a son of Alcaeus, king of Tiryns in Argolis. His mother was named ei ...

'', by

Plautus Titus Maccius Plautus (; c. 254 – 184 BC), commonly known as Plautus, was a Roman playwright of the Old Latin period. His comedies are the earliest Latin literary works to have survived in their entirety. He wrote Palliata comoedia, the gen ...

) ''ed. L. Havet'' (1895
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* ''Manuel de critique verbale appliquée aux textes latins'' (1911) * ''Notes critiques sur le texte de Festus'' (1914
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* ''Notes critiques sur l'Orator et sur Isée'' (1927
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References

* Langlois, Charles-Victor. 1925. “Éloge funèbre de M. Louis Havet, membre de l'Académie.” ''Comptes rendus des séances de l'Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres'' 69 (1): 17–22. * Holleaux, Maurice. 1939. “Notice sur la vie et les travaux de M. Louis Havet, membre de l'Académie.” ''Comptes rendus des séances de l'Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres'' 83 (5): 527–546. 1849 births 1925 deaths French philologists Academic staff of the Collège de France Members of the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres Corresponding Fellows of the British Academy {{france-linguist-stub