Jules Gilliéron, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Jules Gilliéron

linguist and dialectologist (1854-1926)

Date of Birth: 21-Dec-1854

Place of Birth: La Neuveville, canton of Bern, Switzerland

Date of Death: 26-Apr-1926

Profession: professor, romanist, linguist, dialectologist

Nationality: Switzerland, France

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Jules Gilliéron (December 21, 1854 – April 26, 1926) was a Swiss-French linguist and dialectologist.
From 1883 until his death, he taught dialectology at the École pratique des hautes études in Paris.
In 1887, he co-founded the Revue des patois gallo-romans (Journal of Gallo-Romance dialects), which was published until 1893.
His most notable work was the monumental Atlas Linguistique de la France (Linguistic Atlas of France), published between 1902 and 1910.