iPedia Free Information Center

Information about Maurice Grevisse

Maurice Grevisse (October 7 1895—July 4 1980) is a Belgian grammarian. His name is pronounced [gʁevis], as if there were an acute accent on the first e.

Biography

Born in Rulles, a small village in the province of Luxembourg, Belgium, Grevisse at a young age broke with a family tradition of working as blacksmiths by deciding to become a school teacher. He attended the Normal School of Carlsbourg, where he received his teacher's diploma in 1915. He then entered the Normal School of Malonne and became a form-master of literature. He received a position as a teacher of French at l'École des Pupilles of the army of Marneffe. During this period, he taught himself Latin and Greek. While continuing to proceed in his career, he read classical philology at the University of Liège. In 1925, he received the title of "Doctor of Classical Philology". In 1927, he became a professor at l'École Royale des Cadets in Namur.

As a schoolteacher turned professor, Grevisse realized that the existing grammars of French did not answer the needs of his teaching. He gathered together his notes to produce a manuscript he called le bon usage.

Many renowned publishers refused his manuscript; eventually a modest publisher from Gembloux, Belgium published it in 1936. The publishing house Duculot was launched, and the success of the work never flagged, even during the war. André Gide, writing in Le Figaro, cited Le Bon Usage as the best French-language grammar in existence.

Grevisse was named an officer of the Legion of Honor in 1971. From 1967 to his death, he held a seat at the International Board of the French language. Today his son-in-law André Goosse, born in 1926 and also a grammarian, continues to revise Le Bon Usage which is currently at its 14th edition.

Grevisse died in La Louvière, Hainaut, Belgium.

Bibliography

  • Le Bon Usage : the first edition dates to 1936. Eleven editions were published during the life of Grevisse and with his signature. The 11th edition dates to 1980. The tradition of constant revision, so central to Le Bon Usage, has been continued by the current editor, André Goosse - son-in-law of Maurice Grevisse - who has acted in this capacity from the 12th edition (1991) onwards. Le Bon Usage is currently in its 14th edition (2007).
Besides Le Bon Usage, Grevisse published several school and reference books dealing with difficulties in French:
  • Précis de grammaire française (1939)
  • Cours de dictées
  • Le Français correct (1973)
  • Savoir accorder le participe passé (1975)
  • Quelle préposition ? (1977)

External links

October 7 is the 1st day of the year (2nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 0 days remaining.

Events

  • 3761 BC - The epoch (origin) of the modern Hebrew calendar (Proleptic Julian calendar).

..... Click the link for more information.
18th century - 19th century - 20th century
1860s  1870s  1880s  - 1890s -  1900s  1910s  1920s
1892 1893 1894 - 1895 - 1896 1897 1898

:
Subjects:     Archaeology - Architecture -
..... Click the link for more information.
For the United States holiday, the Fourth of July, see Independence Day (United States).
July 4 is the 1st day of the year (2nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 0 days remaining.
..... Click the link for more information.
19th century - 20th century - 21st century
1950s  1960s  1970s  - 1980s -  1990s  2000s  2010s
1977 1978 1979 - 1980 - 1981 1982 1983

Year 1980 (MCMLXXX
..... Click the link for more information.
Motto
Eendracht maakt macht   (Dutch)
L'union fait la force"   (French)
Einigkeit macht stark
..... Click the link for more information.

..... Click the link for more information.
Luxembourg (Dutch and German: Luxemburg, Luxembourgish: Lëtzebuerg, Walloon: Lussimbork) is the southernmost province of Wallonia and of Belgium.
..... Click the link for more information.
The University of Liège (ULg), in Liège, Wallonia, Belgium, is a major public university in the French Community of Belgium. Its official language is French.

History


..... Click the link for more information.
Country Belgium
Community French Community
Region
Arrondissement Namur
Coordinates Coordinates:
Area 175.
..... Click the link for more information.
Country Belgium
Community French Community
Region
Arrondissement Namur
Coordinates Coordinates:
Area 95.
..... Click the link for more information.
André Gide

André Gide in 1893
Born: November 22 1869(1869--)
Paris
Died: January 19 1951 (aged 83)
Paris
Occupation: Novelist, essayist
..... Click the link for more information.
The maximum quotas:
Knight: 125,000
Officer: 10,000
Commander: 1,250
Grand Officer: 250
Grand Cross: 75
Precedence
Next (higher) None

Next (lower) Ordre de la Libération

The Légion d'honneur or
..... Click the link for more information.
Country Belgium
Community French Community
Region
Arrondissement Soignies
Coordinates Coordinates:
Area 64.
..... Click the link for more information.
Hainaut (French; English traditionally Hainault, Dutch: Henegouwen, German: Hennegau, Walloon: Hinnot) is the westernmost province of Wallonia, one of the three regions of Belgium.
..... Click the link for more information.


This article is copied from an article on Wikipedia.org - the free encyclopedia created and edited by online user community. The text was not checked or edited by anyone on our staff. Although the vast majority of the wikipedia encyclopedia articles provide accurate and timely information please do not assume the accuracy of any particular article. This article is distributed under the terms of GNU Free Documentation License.
Herod_Archelaus


page counter