André Dupont-Sommer, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

André Dupont-Sommer

French Biblical scholar

Date of Birth: 23-Dec-1900

Place of Birth: Marnes-la-Coquette, Île-de-France, France

Date of Death: 14-May-1983

Profession: historian, translator, orientalist, professeur des universités

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

André Dupont-Sommer (23 December 1900, Marnes-la-Coquette – 14 May 1983, Paris) was a French semitologist. He specialized in the history of Judaism around the beginning of the Common Era, and especially the Dead Sea Scrolls.
He was a graduate of the Sorbonne and he taught at various institutions in France including the Collége de France (1963–1971) where he held the chair of Hebrew and Aramaic.