Abel Hovelacque | |
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![]() Hovelacque (1843-1896) | |
Born | 14 November 1843 Paris |
Died | 22 February 1896 Paris | (aged 52)
Occupation(s) | Linguiste Anthropologist Politician |
Abel Hovelacque (14 November 1843 – 22 February 1896) was a 19th-century French linguist, anthropologist and politician.
Abel Hovelacque was a representative of the naturalistic and anthropological linguistics. He studied languages with Honoré Chavée and comparative anatomy with Paul Broca. [1] He was a founder of the École d'anthropologie , in which he was made professor of linguistic ethnography, and of which, after the death of Jules Gavarret, he became director (1890). [1] He was a member of the Society of Anthropology of Paris. In 1886 Hovelacque and Chavée founded the Revue de Linguistique. [1] That same year, he was elected as a member to the American Philosophical Society. [2]
He was also interested in politics. He served on the Conseil municipal de Paris which he presided in 1887–1888. He became MP for Paris ( 13th) from 1889 to 1894. [3] He was an extreme Republican. [1]
The rue Abel-Hovelacque in Paris was named after him as well as two others in Lille and Saint Etienne. The anatomist André Hovelacque (1880-1939) was his son.
Abel Hovelacque | |
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![]() Hovelacque (1843-1896) | |
Born | 14 November 1843 Paris |
Died | 22 February 1896 Paris | (aged 52)
Occupation(s) | Linguiste Anthropologist Politician |
Abel Hovelacque (14 November 1843 – 22 February 1896) was a 19th-century French linguist, anthropologist and politician.
Abel Hovelacque was a representative of the naturalistic and anthropological linguistics. He studied languages with Honoré Chavée and comparative anatomy with Paul Broca. [1] He was a founder of the École d'anthropologie , in which he was made professor of linguistic ethnography, and of which, after the death of Jules Gavarret, he became director (1890). [1] He was a member of the Society of Anthropology of Paris. In 1886 Hovelacque and Chavée founded the Revue de Linguistique. [1] That same year, he was elected as a member to the American Philosophical Society. [2]
He was also interested in politics. He served on the Conseil municipal de Paris which he presided in 1887–1888. He became MP for Paris ( 13th) from 1889 to 1894. [3] He was an extreme Republican. [1]
The rue Abel-Hovelacque in Paris was named after him as well as two others in Lille and Saint Etienne. The anatomist André Hovelacque (1880-1939) was his son.