Charles Rostaing was one of the most famous specialists in French place names in general and
Provence in particular of the 20th century. He was also the grandfather of the biographer Alain Wodrascka. After his higher studies from 1923 to 1926 in
Aix-en-Provence where he was a pupil of Georges Lote and Emile Ripert, he obtained his
Agrégation in grammar in 1928. He was a high school teacher in
Alès,
Toulon, and
Nice then in
Paris from 1934 to 1946. Just before the defence of his thesis he entered higher education in October 1946 as a lecturer in the language and literature of
Provence in the Faculty of Arts of Aix-en-Provence. In the following year after defending his thesis, he became a senior lecturer and then Professor of classic French language and literature in 1948 before succeeding Auguste Brun, in 1952, to the Chair of Romance languages - a post he held until his departure for the
Sorbonne in 1967. He was director of the
Centre for Education and Research for Occitan from 1967 to 1974. Majoral of
Félibrige in 1952, he became the ninth
capoulié (president) from 1956 to 1962. ==Bibliography==