Gaston Vasseur
French teacher, folklorist and linguist
About Gaston Vasseur
Lived 1904 – 1971 (aged 66). Gaston Vasseur was a French linguist, lexicographer and secondary school teacher.
Gaston Vasseur (1904–1971) was a French linguist. He obtained his PhD at the Sorbonne in 1948 (Le parler picard de Nibas et sa grammaire).
Gaston Vasseur was born in Nibas (Somme) in 1904, and died in 1971.
Gaston Vasseur was one of the masters of dialectology of Picard whom he greatly enriched by his work. He has published numerous books and lexicons of dialectology.
In 1967 in Abbeville, he is the founder of the groupe des Picardisants du Ponthieu et du Vimeu.
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Who was Gaston Vasseur?
French teacher, folklorist and linguist (1904-1971)
When was Gaston Vasseur born?
Gaston Vasseur was born on 6 March 1904 in Nibas.
When did Gaston Vasseur die?
Gaston Vasseur died on 25 January 1971.
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Gaston Vasseur was a linguist, lexicographer and secondary school teacher.
What nationality was Gaston Vasseur?
Gaston Vasseur was French.
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