Michel Bréal

Tags: Philosopher.

Michel Jules Alfred Bréal (French: [bʁeal]; 26 March 1832 – 25 November 1915) French philologist was born at Landau in Rhenish Bavaria. He is often identified as a founder of modern semantics.

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birth date

1832-03-26

birth place

Landau, Kingdom of Bavaria

death date

1915-01-01T00:00:00+02:00, 1915-11-25

death place

Paris

influenced

Georges Dumézil, Antoine Meillet

influenced by

Franz Bopp, Albrecht Weber

LCCN Id

n/84/020294

main interest

Semantics