Frédéric Eichhoff


Frédéric Gustave Eichhoff was a French linguist and philologist.
He studied at Paris, receiving his doctorate in 1826 with a thesis on Hesiod. In 1837–38 he worked as a substitute for Claude Fauriel at the Sorbonne, and in 1842 was appointed professor of foreign languages at the Faculty of Letters in Lyon. From 1855 onward, he served as inspector-general for public instruction.
He was a member of the Académie de Stanislas and a correspondent member of the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres.
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