Honours
Pierre Grimal was a member of:
- l' Académie des inscriptions et belles lettres, from 1978
- Comité d'honneur de l'ASSELAF (Association pour la sauvegarde et l'expansion de la langue française)
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| Name | Grimal, Pierre |
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| Short description | Historian, classicist, Latinist |
| Date of birth | November 21, 1912 |
| Place of birth | Paris, France |
| Date of death | October 11, 1996 |
| Place of death | Paris, France |
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