Pompeu Fabra

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Catalan linguist

1868 - 1948

country of citizenship: Spain
occupation: linguist, philologist, engineer, university teacher, writer, chemist
award received: doctor honoris causa
position held: president of the Institut d'Estudis Catalans, president, Minister of the Government of Catalonia, chairperson

Pompeu Fabra i Poch (Catalan pronunciation: [pumˈpɛw ˈfaβɾə]; Gràcia, Barcelona, 20 February 1868 - Prada de Conflent, 25 December 1948) was a Spanish engineer and grammarian. He was the main author of the normative reform of contemporary Catalan language.
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