Jean-Claude Corbeil | |
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Born | |
Died | 25 January 2022 | (aged 89)
Education | Université de Montréal, University of Strasbourg |
Occupation(s) | Linguist, lexicographer |
Awards | National Order of Quebec |
Jean-Claude Corbeil, OQ (3 April 1932 – 25 January 2022) was a Canadian linguist and lexicographer. He served as head of the linguistic department at the Office québécois de la langue française from 1971 to 1977 and oversaw the introduction of Quebec's language laws during that decade. He also co-authored several visual dictionaries for Scholastic Corporation, Macmillan Publishers, Firefly Learning, and Merriam-Webster.