What is Gilbert Lazard?
[[File:Lazard.JPG|thumb|Gilbert Lazard, 19 August 2013]] '''Gilbert Lazard''' ({{birth date |1920|2|4 |df=yes}} – {{death date|2018|9|6 |1920|2|4 |df=yes}}) was a French [[linguist]] and [[iranologist]]. He was born in [[Paris]]. His works include the study of many [[Iranian languages]], translations of classical Persian poetry, and research on [[linguistic typology]]. His works were mainly on [[morphosyntactic alignment]]. He also studied the [[Tahitian language]]. On November 14, 1980, he was elected an ordinary member of the ''[[Académie des inscriptions et belles-lettres]].<ref>[http://www.aibl.fr/membres/academiciens-depuis-1663/article/lazard-gilbert-leon-jean Page about Gilbert Lazard] on the website of the ''Académie des inscriptions et belles-lettres''.</ref> Lazard died in Paris on 6 September 2018 at the age of 98.<ref>[https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/427273/French-Iranologist-Gilbert-Lazard-dies-at-98 French Iranologist Gilbert Lazard dies at 98]</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Lazard, Gilbert}} [[Category:1920 births]] [[Category:2018 deaths]] [[Category:Academics of Paris universities]] {{bio-stub}}