Frédéric Eichhoff, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Frédéric Eichhoff

writer

Date of Birth: 17-Aug-1799

Place of Birth: Le Havre, Normandy, France

Date of Death: 10-May-1875

Profession: writer, school teacher

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Frédéric Gustave Eichhoff (17 August 1799, in Le Havre – 10 May 1875, in Paris) was a French linguist and philologist. He studied at Paris, receiving his doctorate in 1826 with a thesis on Hesiod.
In 1837–38 he worked as a substitute for Claude Fauriel at the Sorbonne, and in 1842 was appointed professor of foreign languages at the Faculty of Letters in Lyon.
From 1855 onward, he served as inspector-general for public instruction.He was a member of the Académie de Stanislas and a correspondent member of the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres (1847–75).