Marie Joseph Émile Gaston Mâzuc (1832-1905) was a lawyer, landowner and scholar of the languages and dialects of the
Languedoc
The Province of Languedoc (, , ; ) is a former province of France.
Most of its territory is now contained in the modern-day region of Occitanie in Southern France. Its capital city was Toulouse. It had an area of approximately .
History
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region of France.
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He was born on 24 July 1832 in
Pézenas,
Hérault
Hérault (; , ) is a departments of France, department of the Regions of France, region of Occitania (administrative region), Occitania, Southern France. Named after the Hérault (river), Hérault River, its Prefectures in France, prefecture is M ...
, France, and was educated at the
private school
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of the Abbey of
Sorèze.
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Mâzuc was married to Marie Dupuy and they had three children.][ In 1899, he lived in the Château of Roquelune, in Pézenas.
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Legacy
Rue Émile Mâzuc in Pézenas is named for him.
Bibliography
* ''Grammaire Languedocienne, Dialecte de Pézenas'', Toulouse: 1899, Slatkine Reprints, Geneva: 1970
:Of the original printing, L de G wrote in ''Revue des Pyrënëes,'' Volume 11, 1899:
What will be appreciated above all is the considerable labor and the wisdom that is workhas needed. It will be, in any case, a precious document to consult by all who are interested in our old ''Langue d'oc'' in its many local dialects."Translated from the French
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* ''Lou Viache d'Eneas as Enfers, Barchalado en Lengache de Pezenas'', Toulouse: 1901[
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References
1832 births
1905 deaths
19th-century French lawyers
Linguists from France
People from Hérault
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