Jacqueline de Romilly was born on March 26, 1913 in Chartres, Eure-et-Loir, France. She was married to Michel Worms de Romilly and Michelle Works de Romilly. She died on December 18, 2010 in Boulogne-Billancourt, Hauts-de-Seine, France.
Specialist on ancient Greece. The second woman to join the Academie Française.
Was one of France's leading scholars of Greek civilization and language and only the second woman to be elected to the Académie Française.
Scholar who specialized in ancient Greek culture and language.
Second woman to be admitted to the Academie Francaise, the official government body that approves (and disapproves) changes in the French language. (Marguerite Yourcenar was the first.).