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Pompeu Fabra
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Catalan linguist (1868–1948)
OverviewAI-generated
Pompeu Fabra (20 February 1868 – 25 December 1948) was a person from Spain. He is recognized as an author with a body of work that includes titles such as *Espectres*, *Grammaire catalane*, and *Introducció a la gramàtica catalana*. Other notable publications include the *Diccionari ortogràfic abreujat* and the *Epistolari de Pompeu Fabra a mossèn Antoni M[ari]a Alcover*.
Records indicate that Fabra has 49 works listed in the Open Library, while Crossref data cites a count of five works. His bibliography is referenced by 67 other encyclopedia articles.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Spain
- Place of birth
- La Salut
- Place of death
- Prades
- Occupation
- romanist
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Notable work
- Normes ortogràfiques
- Field of work
- philology
- Sport
- tennis
- Image
- Pompeu Fabra i Poch.jpg
- Residence
- Badalona
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- member of
- Centre Excursionista de Catalunya
- relative
- Elisabeth Galí i Camprubí
- Commons category
- Pompeu Fabra
- date of death
- 1948-12-25
- name in native language
- Pompeu Fabra i Poch
- date of birth
- 1868-02-20
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Encyclopedic overview
Pompeu Fabra i Poch ( Catalan pronunciation: [pumˈpɛw ˈfaβɾə]; 20 February 1868 – 25 December 1948) was a Catalan engineer, linguist, and grammarian. He was the main author of the normative reform of the contemporary Catalan language and is considered the father of modern Catalan grammar. The Pompeu Fabra University in Barcelona is named after him.
Fabra was known as the "wise organizer of the Catalan language" for his pioneering work establishing the modern norms of the language.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Pompeu Fabra” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.