Dieckmann, Herbert, 1906-1986

Professor of French and comparative literature, Cornell University.

Herbert Dieckmann was born in Germany, and received his Ph.D. from the University of Bonn. He was a member of the Harvard University faculty, and served as chairman of Harvard's Department of Romance Languages. Dieckmann was noted for his research on French philosopher and essayist Denis Diderot. In 1948, he discovered the Diderot manuscripts and made the first critical inventory of the collection published in 1951 as the "Inventaire du Fonds Vandeul et Inedits de Diderot."

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