Prix Volney

The Prix Volney (English: Volney Medal) is awarded by the Institute of France after proposition by the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres to a work of comparative philology.

The prize was founded in 1822 in memory of count Volney and was originally a gold medal worth 1,200 francs.[1]

  1. ^ Joan Leopold (Ed.) 1999. The Prix Volney: Its History and Significance for the Development of Linguistic Research. Vol.1a p.83. Kluwer Academic Publishers.