Badia i Margarit, Antoni M., 1920-2014

found: Antoni Maria Badia i Margarit:(b. 1920, Barcelona; Catalan linguist and philologist; graduated 1943 Universitat de Barcelona; where he was professor of history of Spanish language and Catalan language. Rector of Universitat de Barcelona from 1978 to 1986; visiting professor of several universities around the world (Munich, Heidelberg, Georgetown, Wisconsin, and Sorbone in Paris). He is doctor honoris causa by several universities (Salzburg, Toulouse, Rovira i Virgili in Tarragona, Sorbone in Paris, and Illes Balears). He has been president of the Société de Linguistique Romane, president of Philology section of Institut d'Estudis Catalans, president of Associació Internacional de Llengua i Literatura Catalanes, president of North American Catalan Society, etc.)

found: Catalan Wikipedia, March 16, 2023(Antonio Maria Badia i Margarit; Catalan philologist and linguist specializing in grammar and history of Catalan language; b. May 30, 1920 in Barcelona; d. Nov. 16, 2014, in Barcelona; lic. in Romance philology from Univ. de Barcelona, 1943; Ph. D. from Univ. de Barcelona, 1947; of Institut d'Estudis Catalans, Real Academia Española, Associació Internacional de Llengua i Literatura Catalanes)