Deaths on August 11

Paul Robert (lexicographer)

Died on August 11, 1980

Paul Robert, French lexicographer and publisher (b. 1910)

Paul Charles Jules Robert (19 October 1910, Orléansville, French Algeria – 11 August 1980, Mougins, Alpes-Maritimes, France), usually called Paul Robert, was a French lexicographer and publisher, best known for his large Dictionnaire alphabétique et analogique de la langue française (1953), often called simply the Robert, and its abridgement, the Petit Robert (1967).

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Deaths on August 11

Paul Robert (lexicographer)

Died on August 11, 1980

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