Frédéric Macler
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Frédéric Macler (26 May 1869 – 12 July 1938) was a French linguist, orientalist and translator.
Born26 May 1869
Mandeure, France
Died12 July 1938 (aged 69)
Montbéliard, France
OccupationsLinguist, orientalist, translator
Frédéric Macler | |
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| Born | 26 May 1869 Mandeure, France |
| Died | 12 July 1938 (aged 69) Montbéliard, France |
| Occupations | Linguist, orientalist, translator |
A native of Mandeure,[1] Macler learned Armenian, Assyrian, and Hebrew from Auguste Carrière. In 1911, he succeeded Antoine Meillet, as he took a chair in Armenian at the Institut national des langues et civilisations orientales, which he held until 1937. In 1919, he co-founded the Society for Armenian Studies. In 1920, he founded the Revue des Études Arméniennes, which he directed until 1933, with Antoine Meillet.[2]
His works include a French translation of the Arabic Vision of Daniel.[3]
