Jean-Denis Gendron

Jean-Denis Gendron (1 January 1925 – 16 February 2025) was a Canadian linguist and academic.^[1]

Jean-Denis Gendron
Born	(1925-01-01)1 January 1925 Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Quebec, Canada
Died	16 February 2025(2025-02-16) (aged 100)
Education	Université Laval University of Paris University of Strasbourg
Occupation(s)	Linguist, academic

A graduate of the Université Laval and a doctor of letters of the University of Strasbourg, he was President of the Commission of Inquiry on the Situation of the French Language and Linguistic Rights in Quebec.^[2]

Gendron died on 16 February 2025, at the age of 100.^[1]

Honors

• Member of the Conseil international de la langue française
• Member of the Royal Society of Canada
• Member of the Order of North American Francophones [fr]
• Officer of the Ordre des Palmes académiques
• Officer of the National Order of Quebec
• Prix Acfas Marcel-Vincent [fr]^[3]

Publications

• D'où vient l'accent des Québécois ? Et celui des Parisiens ? (2007)
• La modernisation de l'accent québécois (2014)