Jean-Baptiste Boissière

Jean-Baptiste-Prudence Boissière (1806–1885) was a French lexicographer born in Valognes, Manche, France. He was the editor of the Dictionnaire analogique de la langue française (Analogical dictionary of French), published by Larousse in 1862. It was, in effect, the first thesaurus of the French language.

Works under the name Prudence Boissière

Works under the pseudonym Prudence Sièrebois

This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Wood, James, ed. (1907). "article name needed". The Nuttall Encyclopædia. London and New York: Frederick Warne. 


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