Pierre-Claude-Victor Boiste
Encyclopedia
Pierre-Claude-Victor Boiste (1765 – 24 April 1824) was a French
lexicographer
born in Paris
. He is most famous as the editor of the Dictionnaire universel de la langue française, first published in 1800.
Originally trained at the Dammartin-Juilly Royal Academy at Goële (now Dammartin-en-Goële
, Seine et Marne), as a young man he studied law and became a practicing lawyer. However, he quit legal work to pursue publishing, ultimately founding a moderately prestigious press. In 1800, his health failing him, he retired to a home in the country at Ivry-sur-Seine
to devote himself to linguistic, scientific and literary pursuits, producing five works, of which his dictionary is the most famous.
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
lexicographer
Lexicology
Lexicology is the part of linguistics which studies words, their nature and meaning, words' elements, relations between words , word groups and the whole lexicon....
born in Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
. He is most famous as the editor of the Dictionnaire universel de la langue française, first published in 1800.
Originally trained at the Dammartin-Juilly Royal Academy at Goële (now Dammartin-en-Goële
Dammartin-en-Goële
Dammartin-en-Goële is a commune in the Seine-et-Marne department in the Île-de-France region in north-central France. It is located northeast of Paris.-Geography:...
, Seine et Marne), as a young man he studied law and became a practicing lawyer. However, he quit legal work to pursue publishing, ultimately founding a moderately prestigious press. In 1800, his health failing him, he retired to a home in the country at Ivry-sur-Seine
Ivry-sur-Seine
Ivry-sur-Seine is a commune in the Val-de-Marne department in the southeastern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the center of Paris....
to devote himself to linguistic, scientific and literary pursuits, producing five works, of which his dictionary is the most famous.
External links
- Pierre-Claude-Victor Boiste at the Musée virtuel des dictionnaires (in French)