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Jean François Gail
Jean François Gail (1795–1845) was a French classicist, the only son of the prolific hellenist and editor Jean-Baptiste Gail (1755–1829), and his wife Sophie Gail (1775–1819), a singer and composer. The parents married with two decades difference in their ages and were divorced in 1801.
His "Dissertation sur le Périple de Seylax: Et sur l'époque présumée de sa rédaction" (1825) marks the beginning of modern critical study of the "Periplus of Pseudo-Scylax".
he called "Le Philologue", containing a mass of ill-digested notes on Greek grammar, geography, archaeology, and various authors.
A list of his works will be found in JM Quérard, "La France littéraire" (1829), including the contents of the volumes of "Le Philologue".
Personal life and death.
Gail married singer and composer Sophie Gail and was the father of classicist Jean François Gail. Jean-Baptiste died in Paris on February 5, 1829.