Marc Wilmet
Marc Wilmet was a Belgian linguist and professor at the Université libre de Bruxelles. In 1986, he was awarded the Francqui Prize on Human Sciences.
Biography
Marc Wilmet was born in Charleroi and spent his early years in various locations across Wallonia due to his father's assignments as a gendarme. He later attended school in Koekelberg. He obtained a licentiate degree in Romance philology in 1960 and a doctorate in Philosophy and Letters in 1968, both from the ULB.He began his teaching career at the Athénée royal in Woluwe-Saint-Lambert, where he taught French. He later held academic positions in general and French linguistics at both the Vrije Universiteit Brussel, from 1970 to 2003, and the Université Libre de Bruxelles, from 1976 to 2003. In addition to his work in Belgium, he lectured at several international institutions, including universities in Kinshasa, Sherbrooke, Jerusalem, Nice, Cologne, Santiago de Compostela, Milan, and Bologna. He held the title of professor emeritus at both ULB and VUB.
Wilmet died in Ixelles on 10 November 2018.
Selected works
- A Short History of French Spelling, Académie royale de Belgique, 2015,
- Critical Grammar of French, Éditions Duculot, 2007,
- The Past Participle Differently: Agreement Protocol, Exercises and Answer Key, Éditions Duculot, 1999,
- Georges Brassens the Libertarian: The Treble and the Drone, Aden Belgique, 1991,
- Gustave Guillaume and His Linguistic School, Éditions Labor, 1973,
- The Indicative System in Middle French: A Study of the "Drawers" of the Indicative in 15th- and 16th-Century French Farces, Sotties, and Moralities, Éditions Droz, 1970,