Bernard Pottier: key obituary facts
Is Bernard Pottier dead? Yes. Bernard Pottier died on August 12, 2026, at age 101.
Cause of death: Bernard Pottier's cause of death has not been publicly confirmed.
What was Bernard Pottier known for?
He was a French linguist.
More about Bernard Pottier
Born: 29 September 1924.
Place of birth: 16th arrondissement of Paris.
Place of death: Saint-Gély-du-Fesc.
Gender: male.
Occupation: linguist, philologist, hispanist.
Nationality: France.
Education: École pratique des hautes études, Faculty of Arts of Paris.
Employer: University of Bordeaux, Sorbonne Nouvelle-Paris 3, Paris-Sorbonne University - Paris IV, Heidelberg University, University of Zaragoza.
Awards: Commander of the Legion of Honour, Grand Cross of the Civil Order of Alfonso X the Wise, honorary doctor of the University of Zaragoza, Officer of the Legion of Honour.
Occupations: Linguist Academic.
Bernard Pottier, the French linguist and academic, died on August 12, 2026, aged 101.
Born in Paris on September 29, 1924, he studied at the École pratique des hautes études and later taught at institutions including the University of Bordeaux, Sorbonne Nouvelle-Paris 3, Paris-Sorbonne University, Heidelberg University and the University of Zaragoza. A specialist in linguistics, philology and Spanish studies, he was also known for coining the term “orthonymy” and for founding the Amerindian ethnolinguistic group at France’s National Centre for Scientific Research in 1972.
His distinctions included the Legion of Honour and the Grand Cross of the Civil Order of Alfonso X the Wise.