LAMBERT, MAYER

(1863-1930)

French scholar. He was born in Metz. He lectured on Arabic, Syriac and Hebrew at the Ecole Rabbinique and taught Hebrew at the Ecole Normale Orientale of the Alliance Israelite Universelle. In 1903 he began teaching Hebrew and Syriac at the Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes. His publications include studies of Hebrew grammar and the writings ofSaadyah Gaon.