Charles Rostaing | |
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| Born | 9 October 1904[1] Istres, France |
| Died | 24 April 1999(1999-04-24) (aged 94) Saint-Mitre-les-Remparts, France |
| Occupation | Toponomist |
Charles Rostaing (French pronunciation:[ʃaʁlʁɔstɛ̃]; 9 October 1904 – 24 April 1999) was a Frenchlinguist who specialised intoponymy.[2]
Charles Rostaing was one of the most famous specialists in French place names in general andProvence in particular of the 20th century. He was also the grandfather of the biographer Alain Wodrascka.
After his higher studies from 1923 to 1926 inAix-en-Provence where he was a pupil of Georges Lote and Emile Ripert, he obtained hisAgrégation in grammar in 1928. He was a high school teacher inAlès,Toulon, andNice then inParis from 1934 to 1946. Just before the defence of his thesis he entered higher education in October 1946 as a lecturer in the language and literature ofProvence in the Faculty of Arts of Aix-en-Provence.
In the following year after defending his thesis, he became a senior lecturer and then Professor of classic French language and literature in 1948 before succeeding Auguste Brun, in 1952, to the Chair of Romance languages - a post he held until his departure for theSorbonne in 1967. He was director of theCentre for Education and Research forOccitan from 1967 to 1974.
Majoral ofFélibrige in 1952, he became the ninthcapoulié (president) from 1956 to 1962.
Sources:University System documentation(in French) •National Library of France(in French) •Virtual International Authority File •Library of Congress •Gemeinsame Normdatei(in German) •WorldCat
