Louis Havet, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Louis Havet

French latinist and hellenist

Date of Birth: 06-Jan-1849

Place of Birth: Paris, Île-de-France, France

Date of Death: 26-Jan-1925

Profession: professor, linguist, latinist, hellenist

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Pierre Antoine Louis Havet (French: [av?]; 6 January 1849, Paris – 26 January 1925, Paris) was a French Latinist and Hellenist, an expert on classical Greek and Latin poetry.
He was the son of Ernest Havet. He was professor at Collège de France, where in 1885-1925 he was chairman of the department of Latin philology.
Since 1893 he was member of the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres.
In 1917 he became the first vice-president of the Association Guillaume Budé. He was member of the central committee of the Ligue des droits de l'homme ("Human Rightl League"), which defended Alfred Dreyfus in the Dreyfus affair.