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Jean-Marc Defays

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Facts

16 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[21]
Date of birth
1959
Place of birth
Ougrée
Country of citizenship
Belgium[8]
Occupation
philologist, linguist, writer, didactician, speech and language therapist, university teacher[10]
Employer
University of Jyväskylä, University of Liège[13][14]
Field of work
applied linguistics, speech-language pathology[11][12]
Position held
president
Educated at
University of Liège[15]
Award received
Officer of the Order of Leopold, Officer of the French Order of Academic Palms, Officer of Arts and Letters, Knight First Class of the Order of the Lion of Finland, honorary doctorate[16][17][18][19][20]
Official website
jeanmarcdefays.be[24]
Languages spoken, written or signed
French[25]
Family name
Defays[22]
Given name
Jean-Marc[23]
Native language
French[9]
🏷️ Also known as
en Jean-Marc Defays
🔖 Identifiers · 31
ISNI
0000000117622293
VIAF cluster ID
49296996
Library of Congress Authorities ID
no92032439
GND ID
108179867X
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Jean-Marc DEFAYS.jpg ↗
Académie royale de Belgique member ID
jean-marc-defays
Babelio author ID
125696
Bibliopoche author ID
22756
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
123377722
CONOR.BG ID
8521573
CONOR.SI ID
167878243
CONOR.SR ID
31864423
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CiNii Research ID
1140563741760215552
DDB person (GND) ID
108179867X
Google Knowledge Graph ID
/g/11f08k_r5r
IdRef ID
032326564
J9U entity ID
987007342004705171
KBR person ID
14120614
NACSIS-CAT author ID
DA07464826
NL CR AUT ID
mub2016917610
NUKAT ID
n2005071323
National Library of Poland MMS ID
9810686422605606
National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID
XX1699188
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
097811564
Objectif plumes author ID
jean-marc-defays
Parsifal cluster ID
506666
Persée author ID
211147
SHARE Catalogue author ID
184863
Vatican Library VcBA ID
495/153437
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJvmKDd4pdC8ktY4DTDDv3
Yale LUX ID
person/d06b9efe-97c8-46ed-b1ad-6eb2cd7a2cfb

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Summary

Jean-Marc Defays was born on January 1, 1959[1], in Ougrée[2]. He has worked as a philologist[3], linguist[4], writer[5], didactician[6], and speech and language therapist[7].

FAQs

Where was Jean-Marc Defays born?

Jean-Marc Defays's place of birth was Ougrée[2].

What did Jean-Marc Defays do for work?

Jean-Marc Defays worked as a philologist[3], linguist[4], writer[5], didactician[6], and speech and language therapist[7].

Where did Jean-Marc Defays go to school?

Jean-Marc Defays was educated at University of Liège[15].

What awards did Jean-Marc Defays receive?

Honors received include Officer of the Order of Leopold[16], Officer of the French Order of Academic Palms[17], Officer of Arts and Letters[18], and Knight First Class of the Order of the Lion of Finland[19].

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . jeanmarcdefays.be. jeanmarcdefays.be. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [21] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . catalogue.bnf.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [11] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [12] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [4] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [7] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [10] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [16] ↑ . jeanmarcdefays.be. jeanmarcdefays.be. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [1] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [25] ↑ . CONOR.SI. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5w ago · ScriptaBelgica · 2026-10-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Objectif plumes author ID → jean-marc-defays
    "Created claim: Objectif plumes author ID: jean-marc-defays"
  2. 27w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Date of birth → 1959
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #30089: import data from GND - part 28 (cf. https://w.wiki/Me9X)"
  3. 27w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    J9U entity ID → 987007342004705171
    CiNii Research ID → 1140563741760215552
    Country of citizenship → Belgium
    CONOR.SI ID → 167878243
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