Jean-Michel Guilcher

Jean-Michel Guilcher (24 September 1914 – 27 March 2017) was a French ethnologist. He was a researcher at the CNRS, and he taught ethnology at the University of Western Brittany. He was the author of eight books about traditional dances.

Early life Jean-Michel Guilcher was born on 24 September 1914 in Saint-Pierre-Quilbignon, Finistère. One of his grandmothers, who was from Aber-Ildut, sang the gwerz.

Guilcher was educated at the Lycée de Brest. He subsequently served as the director of a research centre at the University of Western Brittany and the School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences.

Guilcher was the author of eight books about the traditional dances of Brittany.

Personal life and death With his wife Hélène, Guilcher had three children. They resided in Meudon near Paris, where he died on 27 March 2017.

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