Jean-Claude Corbeil
1932
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2022
country of citizenship: Canada
languages spoken, written or signed: French
educated at: University of Strasbourg, Université de Montréal
occupation: linguist, lexicographer
award received: Officer of the National Order of Quebec, Grand prix de la francophonie, Prix Georges-Émile-Lapalme
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Jean-Claude Corbeil, (3 April 1932 – 25 January 2022) was a Canadian linguist and lexicographer. He served as head of the linguistic department at the Office québécois de la langue française from 1971 to 1977 and oversaw the introduction of Quebec's language laws during that decade. He also co-authored several visual dictionaries for Scholastic Corporation, Macmillan Publishers, Firefly Learning, and Merriam-Webster. Source: Wikipedia (en)
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