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Gérard Lecomte

جيرار ليكونت

Notable figure 1926–1997 · Source: ʿAbd al-ʿAziz al-Humaid, Aʿmal al-mustashriqin al-ʿarabiyya fi al-muʿjam al-ʿarabi: dirasa wa-taqwim (PhD thesis, Imam Muhammad ibn Saud Islamic University, 1433 AH), vol. 1, p. 38 · Second source: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek, authority record (GND 1204021724): Lecomte, Gérard, born 7 Sep. 1926, died 17 April 1997, professor at INALCO 1958–1986

Field: Literature and lexicography

Affiliation

Author of a study of Ibn Qutayba (Damascus 1965)

Biography

He taught Arabic at INALCO in Paris from 1958 to 1986. He wrote Ibn Qutayba: l'homme, son œuvre, ses idées (Damascus 1965); the thesis also credits him with a French-Arabic glossary of automobile terms (1961).