REDARD, Georges. Neuchâtel 4.4.1922 — Kirchlindach 24.1.2005. Swiss IE and Iranian
Scholar. Professor in Neuchâtel and Bern. Son of post official Arnold Ernest Redard and Mathilde Kröpfli. Studies at Neuchâtel: 1940 baccalauréat ès lettres (with Hebrew), 1943 licensié ès langues classiques (with Russian, Lithuanian, Persian and Sanskrit); then at Bern (lic. 1945 in comparative grammar, Sanskrit and Russian) and in 1945-48 Paris (Benveniste); 1951-52 further studies in Teheran. Dr. ès lettres 1949 Neuchâtel (under Niedermann). Taught at University of Neuchâtel from 1948, from 1951 as ao. Professor and in 1954-76 as ord. “de linguistique générale et grammaire comparée”, from 1976 Hon. Professor. From 1954 also ao. Professor at Bern (succeeding Debrunner) and in 1958-87 ord. of IE Linguistics and classical languages. Rector of the university in 1971-72. Emeritus 1988. In 1967-69 visiting Professor at Lausanne and in 1986-?? Associate Professor at Collège de France in Paris. In 1994 living in Kirchlindach near Bern. Hon. dr. Geneva 1886. Three times married: 1943 Marie Louise de Tribolet-Hardy, 1961 Françoise Louise Gianoli, and 1974 Madeleine Saxer.
Redard is known as IE, Greek and Iranian scholar. He combined the methods of French and German schools. Among his special interests is dialectology (of Swiss French and Farsi).
Publications: Diss. Les noms grecs en -της, -τις et principalement en -ίτης, -ῖτις: Étude philologique et linguistique. 10+316 p. Paris 1949.
– Recherches sur χρή, χρῆ-σθαι. Étude sémantique. 122 p. B.É.H.É. 303. Paris 1953.
– A travers les déserts de l’Iran. Rapport d’expédition 1951-1952. Tehran 1952.
– Atlas linguistique de l’Iran: questionnaire normal. Bern 1960.
– La Perse (Iran). 132 p. Zürich 1966, translated into German, Italian and Dutch.
– L’Afghanistan. 146 p. Zürich 1974, translated into German and Italian.
– Emile Benveniste (1902–1976). 1981.
– Atlas linguistique de l’Afghanistan. 1. 1990.
– Articles.
Sources: D.G.K. 1987, 1992, 17th ed. 1996; Bio-bibliogr. de 134 savants. 1979, 425-429; G. Fussman, Encyclop. Iranica 2000 (online 2012) & *Studia Iranica 35, 2006, 127-134; Ph. Hebeisen, Hist. Lexikon der Schweiz (online 2012, with family details); *E. Poulle, CRAI 149, 2005, 113; *Cl. Sandoz, Cahiers F. de Saussure 58, 2005, 21-25; *I. Werlen & R. Bielmeier, Kratylos 51, 2006, 226-232; German Wikipedia briefly; photo in TITUS Galeria.
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