Joseph Vendryes, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Joseph Vendryes

French linguist

Date of Birth: 13-Jan-1875

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

Date of Death: 30-Jan-1960

Profession: linguist

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Joseph Vendryes or Vendryès (French: [v?~d?i?s]; 13 January 1875, Paris – 30 January 1960) was a French Celtic linguist.
After studying with Antoine Meillet, he was chairman of Celtic languages and literature at the École Pratique des Hautes Études.
He founded the journal Études Celtiques.
He was a member of the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres and a consultant with the International Auxiliary Language Association, which standardized and presented Interlingua.He studied the phenomenon of dislocation.