Key facts
- Born
- Michel Jules Alfred Bréal , ( 1832-03-26 ) 26 March 1832, Landau , Kingdom of Bavaria
- Died
- 25 November 1915 (1915-11-25) (aged 83), Paris , France
- Main interests
- Semantics
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Michel
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- France
- Place of birth
- Landau in der Pfalz
- Place of death
- boulevard Saint-Michel
- Occupation
- philologist
- Educated at
- École Normale Supérieure
- Employer
- École pratique des hautes études
- Languages spoken
- French
- Student of
- Franz Bopp
- Doctoral student
- Filipp Fortunatov
- Field of work
- linguistics
- Image
- Michel Bréal.png
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- place of burial
- Montparnasse Cemetery
- date of birth
- 1832-03-26
- member of
- Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei
- date of death
- 1915-11-25
- Commons category
- Michel Bréal
- name in native language
- Michel Bréal
- student
- Antoine Meillet
- writing language
- French
- contributed to creative work
- Popular Science
- P12749
- Monte Arpone
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Encyclopedic overview
Michel Jules Alfred Bréal ( French: [miʃɛl bʁeal]; 26 March 1832 – 25 November 1915), 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.
Life and career
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