Marie Joseph Émile Gaston Mâzuc (1832-1905) was a lawyer, landowner and scholar of the languages and dialects of the Languedoc region of France.[1]
He was born on 24 July 1832 in Pézenas, Hérault, France, and was educated at the private school of the Abbey of Sorèze.[1]
Mâzuc was married to Marie Dupuy and they had three children.[1] In 1899, he lived in the Château of Roquelune, in Pézenas.[2]
Rue Émile Mâzuc in Pézenas is named for him.[3]
Of the original printing, L de G wrote in Revue des Pyrënëes, Volume 11, 1899:
What will be appreciated above all is the considerable labor and the wisdom that [his work] has needed. It will be, in any case, a precious document to consult by all who are interested in our old Langue d'oc in its many local dialects."[4]