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- Birth nameJacqueline David
- Jacqueline de Romilly was born on March 26, 1913 in Chartres, Eure-et-Loir, France. She was married to Michel Worms de Romilly and Michelle Works de Romilly. She died on December 18, 2010 in Boulogne-Billancourt, Hauts-de-Seine, France.
- SpousesMichel Worms de Romilly(1940 - ?) (divorced)Michelle Works de Romilly (divorced)
- Specialist on ancient Greece. The second woman to join the Academie Française.
- Was one of France's leading scholars of Greek civilization and language and only the second woman to be elected to the Académie Française.
- Scholar who specialized in ancient Greek culture and language.
- Second woman to be admitted to the Academie Francaise, the official government body that approves (and disapproves) changes in the French language. (Marguerite Yourcenar was the first.).
- First woman to teach at the College de France.
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