# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/michel-breal
# Generated: 2026-09-07T22:44:01.965Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/michel-breal"
name: "Michel Bréal"
slug: "michel-breal"
description: "Michel Jules Alfred Bréal, French philologist, was born at Landau in Rhenish Palatinate. He is often identified as a founder of modern semantics. He was also the creator of the modern marathon race, having proposed its first running at the 1896 Olympic Games and offered what would become known as Breal's Silver Cup to the winner."
tagline: "French philologist (1832–1915)"
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country:
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  isoCode: "FR"
category:
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birthDate: "1832-03-26"
deathDate: "1915-11-25"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump