Jules Gilliéron

Jules Gilliéron (21 December 1854 – 26 April 1926) was a Swiss-French linguist and dialectologist. From 1883 until his death, he taught dialectology at the École pratique des hautes études in Paris.^[2] In 1887, he co-founded the Revue des patois gallo-romans (Journal of Gallo-Romance dialects), which was published until 1893.^[2] His most notable work was the monumental Atlas Linguistique de la France (Linguistic Atlas of France), published between 1902 and 1910.^[2] He was the younger brother of the artist and archaeological draughtsman Émile Gilliéron.^[3]

A sketch of his family made by Gilliéron's brother Émile as a child: Jules is at the far right. His father, Jean-Victor, is on the left.^[1]

Selected works

• La Faillite de l'étymologie phonétique: résumé de conférences faites à l'École pratique des hautes études (1919), Neuveville: Beerstecher.
• Atlas Linguistique de la France (1902–1910) (with Edmond Edmont), Paris: E. Champion.
• Pathologie et thérapeutique verbales (1921), Paris: E. Champion.
• Les étymologies des étymologistes et celles du peuple (1922), Paris: E. Champion.
• Ménagiana du XX^e siècle (1922), Paris: E. Champion.
• Thaumaturgie linguistique (1923), Paris: E. Champion.