Henri Weil
Henri Weil (August 27, 1818 – November 5, 1909) was a French
philologist
.
Biography
Born to a Jewish family in
École Pratique des Hautes Études, both of which positions he resigned in 1891. In 1866 he was elected corresponding member of the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres, becoming full member in 1882 as the successor of Édouard Dulaurier
. In 1887 he received the cross of the Legion of Honor.
He died in Paris.
Weil edited the poems of Aeschylus, eight tragedies of Euripides, and the orations of Demosthenes. Among his works may be mentioned: De l'Ordre des Mots dans les Langues Anciennes Comparées aux Langues Modernes (Paris, 1844; 3d ed. 1879); De Tragædiarum Græcarum cum Rebus Publicis Conjunctione (with L. Beuloew, Paris and Berlin, 1845); Théorie Générale de l'Accentuation Latine (ib. 1855); and Etudes sur le Drame Antique (ib. 1897).
Bibliography
- Curinier, Dict. Nat. i. 142
- La Grande Encyclopédie
Sources
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Isidore Singer, Frederick T. Haneman (1901–1906). "Weil, Henry". In Singer, Isidore; et al. (eds.). The Jewish Encyclopedia. New York: Funk & Wagnalls.
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