Jean-Pierre Vernant
1914
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2007
photo credits: Wikimedia Commons
country of citizenship: France
languages spoken, written or signed: French
educated at: Lycée Louis-le-Grand, agrégation de philosophie, Lycée Carnot
occupation: anthropologist, historian, professor, French Resistance fighter, philosopher, teacher, hellenist, researcher
award received: Commander of the Legion of Honour, Croix de guerre 1939–1945, Grand Officer of the National Order of Merit, Officer of Arts and Letters, Companion of the Liberation, CNRS Gold medal, Order of the Serbian Flag, Amic Prize, Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, honorary doctorate of the Masaryk University, Prix de l'Union rationaliste, CNRS silver medal
student of: Ignace Meyerson
influenced by: Claude Lévi-Strauss
Jean-Pierre Vernant (French: [vɛʁnɑ̃]; January 4, 1914 – January 9, 2007) was a French historian and anthropologist, specialist in ancient Greece. Influenced by Claude Lévi-Strauss, Vernant developed a structuralist approach to Greek myth, tragedy, and society which would itself be influential among classical scholars. He was an honorary professor at the Collège de France. Source: Wikipedia (en)
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