Lacombe, Olivier

Olivier Lacombe ( Fr. Olivier Lacombe ; July 2, 1904, Liege , Belgium — July 2, 2001, Neuilly-sur-Seine , France ) - French philosopher and indologist .

Olivier Lacombe
Olivier lacombe
Date of Birth	July 2, 1904 ( 1904-07-02 )
Place of Birth	Liege
Date of death	July 2, 2001 ( 2001-07-02 ) (97 years old)
Place of death	Neuilly sur Seine
A country	France
Scientific field	philosophy indology
Place of work	University of Paris
Alma mater	Lille University
Academic degree	Ph.D
Academic title	Professor

Born July 2, 1904 in the city of Liege, Belgium. In 1928, he received an academic degree in philosophy at the University of Lille . In 1939 he defended his doctoral dissertation. In the period from 1947 to 1959 he served as head of the department of the history of philosophy and comparative philosophy . In 1959 he moved to the University of Paris , where until 1974 he held the position of Professor of Comparative Philosophy (after the separation of the university in 1970, he held the same post at the University of Paris IV Sorbonne ). Since 1974 - Professor Emeritus, Retired. In 1977 he was elected a member of the Academy of Moral and Political Sciences .