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Revision as of 05:00, 17 April 2006 by Feldmarshmellon (talk | contribs)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)Jean Haudry (1934- ). A linguist, a founder of the Institut d'études indo-européennes at the University of Lyon. Under his leadership the Institut published, between 1982 and 1998, the Études indo-européennes. He was also a member of the "Scientific Council" of the National front of Jean-Marie Le Pen. Soon after his retirement, French Ministry of Education appointed a commission to investigate whether Haudry's institute was not too closely associated with the extereme political right. (Haudry was a member of the "Scientific Council" of the National front of Jean-Marie Le Pen). The work of the commission was mooted when Haudry's successor, Jean-Paul Allard dissolved the institute and reconstituted it as an association free from state supervision.
Bruce Lincoln calls Haudry an 'excellent linguist' and mentions that Haudry supports the Arctic hypothesis of the origin of Indo-Europeans.
The source for this info is on pages 121-22 ( and notes) of Theorizing Myth by Bruce Lincoln.