Robert Flacelière (; 29 May 1904,

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– 23 May 1982,

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) was a scholar of Classical Greek. He was educated at the

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, the

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and the

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. From 1925 to 1930, he was a member of the French School in Athens and from 1932-1948 a Professor of the Faculty of Letters at

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. He was then appointed to the Chair of

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Language and Literature at the

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, a post he held until 1963 when he was appointed Director of the École Normale Supérieure.

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Jean Daniélou Jean-Guenolé-Marie Daniélou (; 14 May 1905 – 20 May 1974) was a French Jesuit and cardinal, an internationally well known patrologist, theologian and historian and a member of the Académie Française. Biography Early life and studies Jean ...

Jean Chrysostome, Homélies sur l'incompréhensible, Sources Chrétiennes 28

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École Normale Supérieure alumni French classical scholars French hellenists French philologists Members of the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres Lycée Henri-IV alumni Scientists from Paris 1904 births 1982 deaths 20th-century French historians 20th-century philologists {{France-historian-stub