Philippe Langlois in

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: Ph'lippe Langliais (22 September 1817 – 19 June 1884) was a Norman language writer in

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. He wrote under the

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of "Un Luorenchais, as well as "P.L.". Patois Poems of the Channel Islands 1883

Langliais came from an old family of St Lawrence in Jersey. He studied in

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and qualified in medicine in

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where he was received into the

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. A scholar and scientist, he was also Deputy of St Lawrence, Jurat of the Royal Court (elected 27 June 1876) and major and medical officer in the Royal Jersey Militia. As president of La

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, Langliais collaborated on the beginnings of the ''Glossaire du Patois Jersiais'' with his colleague

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. Langliais was a prolific poet : each of his published poems corresponds to perhaps two left in

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, in French and in English. His best known and best written pieces in Jerriais are in ''Lé Vièr Temps'' and ''Lé Jèrriais''.

References

*''Eune Collection Jèrriaise'', Jersey, 2007 1817 births 1884 deaths Norman-language writers Jersey writers People from Saint Lawrence, Jersey Deputies of Jersey {{Jersey-bio-stub