Antoine Thomas (linguist)
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Antoine Thomas was a French linguist. He is best known for his work with Adolphe Hatzfeld and Arsène Darmesteter
, on the Dictionnaire général de la langue française du commencement du XVIIe siècle à nos jours, which appeared in editions from 1864. He supplied etymological notes.
He took up an appointment at the Sorbonne
in 1889, occupying the chair of Romance philology there for 44 years.
Arsène Darmesteter
Arsène Darmesteter was a distinguished philologist and man of letters.He studied under Gaston Paris at the École des Hautes Etudes, and became professor of Old French language and literature at the Sorbonne. His Life of Words appeared in English in 1888...
, on the Dictionnaire général de la langue française du commencement du XVIIe siècle à nos jours, which appeared in editions from 1864. He supplied etymological notes.
He took up an appointment at the Sorbonne
Sorbonne
The Sorbonne is an edifice of the Latin Quarter, in Paris, France, which has been the historical house of the former University of Paris...
in 1889, occupying the chair of Romance philology there for 44 years.