Aug 17, 1799Le Havre, Normandy, FranceDied on 10 May 1875 (aged 75)
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About Frédéric Eichhoff
Frédéric Gustave Eichhoff (17 August 1799, in Le Havre – 10 May 1875, in Paris) was a French linguist and philologist. He studied at Paris, receiving his doctorate in 1826 with a thesis on Hesiod.
In 1837–38 he worked as a substitute for Claude Fauriel at the Sorbonne, and in 1842 was appointed professor of foreign languages at the Faculty of Letters in Lyon.
From 1855 onward, he served as inspector-general for public instruction.He was a member of the Académie de Stanislas and a correspondent member of the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres (1847–75).