Alfred de Wailly
French classical philologist, lexicographer and high school teacher
About Alfred de Wailly
Lived 1800 – 1869 (aged 68). Alfred de Wailly was a French lexicographer, classical philologist and secondary school teacher.
Alfred de Wailly (10 December 1800, Paris – 1869, Paris) was a 19th-century French lexicographer He was professor of rhetoric and the headmaster of Lycée Napoléon (collège Henri IV), general inspector and finally rector of the Academy of Bordeaux. He is the author of Dictionnaires classiques, elegant verse translation of Callimaque and various poems.
He was the son of Étienne-Augustin De Wailly and the brother of Gustave and Jules de Wailly.
Selected works 1826: Épître à J.-J. Rousseau Read online 1861: Nouveau dictionnaire latin-français Read online 1867: Nouveau dictionnaire de versification et de poésie latines Read online
He also translated several pieces from Latin such as Consolation à Marcia, Consolation à Polybius, De la brièveté de la vie, De la clémence, De la colère, all by Seneca.
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French classical philologist, lexicographer and high school teacher
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Alfred de Wailly was born on 10 December 1800 in Paris.
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Alfred de Wailly died on 4 April 1869 in Paris.
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