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Jacqueline de Romilly

French philologist, classical scholar (1913-2010) · France · On the map · Academics · Died at 97

Jacqueline Worms de Romilly was a French philologist, classical scholar and fiction writer. She was the first woman nominated to the Collège de France, and in 1988, the second woman to enter the Académie française.

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2010Died18 December 20102006Grand Cross of the Legion of HonourAward2002Grand Cross of the National Order of MeritAward2000Daudet PrizeAward1995Pierre Lafue PrizeAwardPrix du Nouveau Cercle de l'UnionAward1987Grand prix littéraire de ProvenceAwardPrix de la langue françaiseAward1984Prix d'AcadémieAward1981Austrian Decoration for Science and ArtAward1974Langlois prizeAward1931Concours généralAward1930Concours généralAward1913Born26 March 1913

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Awards

Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour2006
Grand Cross of the National Order of Merit2002
Daudet Prize2000
Pierre Lafue Prize1995
Prix du Nouveau Cercle de l'Union1995
Prix de la langue française1987
Grand prix littéraire de Provence1987
Prix d'Académie1984
Austrian Decoration for Science and Art1981
Langlois prize1974
Concours général1931
Concours général1930
Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres
Commander of the French Order of Academic Palms
Honorary doctor of the Heidelberg University
Commander of the Order of the Phoenix
Commander of the order of Honour
Honorary Doctor of the University of Athens
Honorary doctor of the University of Oxford
Honorary Doctorate from the Université de Montréal
Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

About this person

Country
France
Category
Academics
Type
Academic
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1913 to 2010 · aged 97