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It is with deep grief that ISMEO announces the death of Professor Philippe Gignoux (1 March 1931 – 24 September 2023), one of the dominant figures of 20th century Iranian studies.
After secondary studies with the Dominicans of Oullins (Rhône), had the opportunity to spend several years in the Middle East, graduating on his return to France in Persian (1964) at the École nationale supérieure des langues vivantes (afterwards INALCO). At the Institut catholique, Paris, He studied Armenian and Syriac, specializing in religious studies at the École Pratique des Hautes Études and the Collège de France, with scholars of the caliber of Jean de Menasce, Émile Benveniste, André Dupont-Sommer, Henri-Charles Puech. After initial research on Eastern Christianity as Chargé de recherche at CNRS,...