Jean-Claude Corbeil

Jean-Claude Corbeil, (3 April 1932 – 25 January 2022) was a Canadian linguist and lexicographer. He served as head of the linguistic department at the Office québécois de la langue française from 1971 to 1977 and oversaw the introduction of Quebec's language laws during that decade. He also co-authored several visual dictionaries for Scholastic Corporation, Macmillan Publishers, Firefly Learning, and Merriam-Webster.

Early life Corbeil was born in the Tétreaultville neighbourhood of Montreal on 3 April 1932. He attended Collège Sainte-Croix in his hometown. He was therefore credited by fellow linguist Nadine Vincent with having "de-anglicized Quebec". Its goal was to facilitate cooperation between member states of the Agency of the Francophonie. He collaborated with Ariane Archambault to devise the first edition of Le Dictionnaire visuel in 1986. It was eventually sold in over 100 countries and translated into more than 35 languages. Corbeil subsequently worked as an advisor to the president of the Council of the French Language in Quebec from 1988 to 1991,

Works Les Structures Syntaxiques Du Francais Moderne (1968) The Facts on File visual dictionary (1986) Scholastic visual dictionary (1990) The Macmillan visual dictionary (1992) Langues et sociétés en contact (1994) The Firefly visual dictionary (2002) The Firefly five language visual dictionary (2004) Merriam-Webster's visual dictionary (2006)