Henri Goelzer, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Henri Goelzer

French latinist, philologist, professor, translator and grammarian

Date of Birth: 29-Sep-1853

Place of Birth: Beaumont-le-Roger, Normandy, France

Date of Death: 01-Aug-1929

Profession: professor, translator, philologist, grammarian, latinist

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Henri Goelzer (29 September 1853, Beaumont-le-Roger – 1 August 1929, Esprels) was a French classical philologist. In 1883 he obtained his doctorate at Paris with a dissertation-thesis on Sulpicius Severus, titled "Grammaticæ in Sulpicium Severum observationes potissimum ad vulgarem latinum sermonem pertinentes".
Later on his career, he became a professor of grammar and philology at the University of Paris.
He served as director of the Association Guillaume Budé, and in 1923 was elected a member of the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles Lettres.