Émile Littré

Émile Littré
Born(1801-02-01)1 February 1801
Paris, France
Died2 June 1881(1881-06-02) (aged 80)
Paris, France
NationalityFrench
OccupationLexicographer
Known forDictionnaire de la langue française

Émile Maximilien Paul Littré (French: [emil maksimiljɛ̃ pɔl litʁe]; 1 February 1801  2 June 1881) was a French lexicographer, freemason and philosopher, best known for his Dictionnaire de la langue française, commonly called le Littré.