Philippe Langlois (22 September 1817-19 June 1884), was a Norman language writer in Jèrriais

Jèrriais

Jèrriais is the form of the Norman language spoken in Jersey, in the Channel Islands, off the coast of France. It has been in decline over the past century as English has increasingly become the language of education, commerce and administration...

. He wrote under the pen names of "Un Luorenchais" and "P.L.".

Langliais came from an old family of St Lawrence

Saint Lawrence, Jersey

Saint Lawrence is one of the twelve parishes of Jersey in the Channel Islands. The parish covers 5,258 vergées and occupies the centre of the Island....

 in Jersey. He studied in Caen

Caen

Caen is a commune in northwestern France. It is the prefecture of the Calvados department and the capital of the Basse-Normandie region. It is located inland from the English Channel....

 and Paris

Paris

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 and qualified in medicine in Dublin where he was received into the Royal College of Surgeons

Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland

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. A scholar and scientist, he was also Deputy of St Lawrence, Jurat

Jurat

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 of the Royal Court (elected 27 June 1876) and major and medical officer in the Royal Jersey Militia.

As president of La Société Jersiaise

Société Jersiaise

La Société Jersiaise is a scholarly society in Jersey which was founded in 1873, it promotes and encourages:* The study of the history, the archaeology, the natural history, the language and many other subjects of interest in the Island of Jersey...

, Langliais collaborated on the beginnings of the Glossaire du Patois Jersiais with his colleague Augustus Asplet Le Gros

Augustus Asplet Le Gros

Augustus Asplet Le Gros or Augustus Aspley Le Gros was a Norman language poet from Jersey and a Jurat of the Royal Court of Jersey.- Biography :...

.

Langliais was a prolific poet : each of his published poems corresponds to perhaps two left in manuscript

Manuscript

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, in French and in English.

His best known and best written pieces in Jerriais are in Lé Vièr Temps and Lé Jèrriais.