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Jean Deny

1879 – 1963

French grammarian, specialist of oriental languages

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Lived 1879 – 1963 (aged 84). Jean Deny was a French linguist, philologist, university teacher, orientalist, slavist and turkologist.

Jean Deny (12 July 1879 – 5 Novembre 1963) was a French grammarian, specialist of oriental languages.

Biography Jean Deny was born to a French father and a Polish mother settled in Kiev. He became familiar with the French, Polish, Ukrainian and Russian languages at a young age. After the baccalaureate, he specialized in Oriental languages (classical Arabic, Arabic dialect, Persian, Turkish and Russian). He became professor of Turkology at the Sorbonne after he taught at the École nationale des langues orientales vivantes of which he was administrator from 1937 to 1948.

He retired in 1949 and died in 1963.

Selected works 1921: Grammaire de la langue turque (dialecte osmanli) 1955: Principes de grammaire turque 1959: L’osmanli moderne et le turk de Turquie

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Important facts

Birth century
Nationality
Education
Richelieu Lyceum, Lycée Louis-le-Grand, Paris Faculty of Law and Economics, École nationale des langues orientales vivantes
Employers
Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs, École nationale des langues orientales vivantes, Faculty of Arts of Paris, Georgetown University
Awards
Knight of the Legion of Honour; Officer of the Legion of Honour

Contemporaries

People whose lives overlapped Jean Deny's

Frequently asked questions

Who was Jean Deny?

French grammarian, specialist of oriental languages (1879-1963)

When was Jean Deny born?

Jean Deny was born on 24 July 1879 in Kyiv.

When did Jean Deny die?

Jean Deny died on 5 November 1963 in Gérardmer.

What was Jean Deny's occupation?

Jean Deny was a linguist, philologist, university teacher, orientalist, slavist and turkologist.

What nationality was Jean Deny?

Jean Deny was French.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Jean Deny

· Wikidata: Q3171671

· DBpedia: Jean Deny

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