Gérard Garitte

Gérard Garitte (1914–1990) was a Belgian philologist and orientalist.

From 1944 to 1946, he worked at the Vatican Library. Afterwards, he came at the Catholic University of Leuven where e was appointed professor in 1950.[1] and later the French-speaking University of Louvain in Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium.[2] He raised the study of Georgian ecclesiastical literature to a high level. In 1959, he was awarded the Francqui Prize on Human Sciences ("Orientalisme chrétien - Philologie classique"). In 1962, strongly opposed to the expulsion of French speakers from the Catholic University of Louvain, he created the ACAPSUL movement together with Georges Lemaître to fight against the split of the university.[3]

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References

  1. ^ Cannuyer, Christian (2021). "Les études coptes, gnostiques et manichéennes à Louvain" [The Study of Coptic, Gnosticism and Manicheism at Louvain]. In: Courtois, Luc (ed.). Les études orientales à l'Université de Louvain depuis 1834. Hommes et réalisations. Brussels: Éditions Safran, ISBN 978-2-87457-124-4, pp. 175-196, on Garitte esp. pp. 185-186.
  2. ^ Garitte, Gérard. "Archives of Gérard Garitte". UCLouvain University Archives.
  3. ^ "ACAPSUL – Association du corps académique et du personnel scientifique de l'Université de Louvain".


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