Georges Dumézil
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1898 – 1986
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Who was Georges Dumézil?
Georges Dumézil was a French comparative philologist best known for his analysis of sovereignty and power in Proto-Indo-European religion and society. He is considered one of the major contributors to mythography, in particular for his formulation of the trifunctional hypothesis of social class in ancient societies.
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- Born
- Mar 4, 1898
Paris - Also known as
- Georges Dumézil
- Georges Dumezil
- Education
- École Normale Supérieure
- Died
- Oct 11, 1986
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on July 23, 2013
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