Jules Gilliéron
Linguist and dialectologist (1854-1926) · France · On the map · Academics · Died at 71
Jules Gilliéron was a Swiss-French linguist and dialectologist. Born and initially educated in Switzerland, he studied linguistics at the École pratique des Hautes Études in Paris, where he spent the remainder of his life.
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![A sketch of his family made by Gilliéron's brother Émile as a child: Jules is at the far right. His father, Jean-Victor, is on the left.[12]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/Gilli%C3%A9ron_p%C3%A8re_family_sketch.jpg/1280px-Gilli%C3%A9ron_p%C3%A8re_family_sketch.jpg)
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His mentors included Michel Bréal and Gaston Paris, who supported his academic career; Bréal helped him secure a lectureship at the École pratique in 1883. He became a French citizen in 1886, a professor in 1894, and assistant director of the École pratique by 1913, the same year he was awarded the Légion d'honneur.
