Denys Lombard

Lombard was born in Marseilles, France.^[2] His father was Maurice Lombard, Director of Studies at the École Pratique des Hautes Études (EPHE) in Paris^[2] and colleague of Fernand Braudel.

Lombard possessed at least six academic degrees, including a graduate degree in history and four degrees in languages (Chinese, Malay-Indonesian, Cambodian and Thai).^[2] He spoke over a dozen languages.^[2]

Lombard was the head of the Division des Aires Culturelles in the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (EHESS) and the director of the École Français d'Extrême-Orient (EFEO) from 1993 to 1998.

His major work on Indonesia was the three volume work Le carrefour javanais.^[3]

Lombard was married to another scholar of Asia, Claudine Salmon.^[2]

He died in 1998 in Paris.^[2] A Festschrift in honour was produced a year later.^[4]

• Lombard, Denys; Arifin, Winarsih, (joint comp.); Wibisono, Minnie, (joint comp.) (1968), Histoires courtes d'Indonésie : soixante-huit『tjerpén』(1933-1965), École française d'Extrême-Orient, retrieved 10 April 2016{{citation}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
• Lombard, Denys (1976), Introduction à l'Indonésien, S.E.C.M.I, retrieved 10 April 2016, Third Edition: - Lombard, Denys (1991), Introduction à l'Indonésien (3. e. rév ed.), Archipel, retrieved 10 April 2016
• Aubin, Jean; Lombard, Denys (2000), Asian merchants and businessmen in the Indian Ocean and the China Sea, Oxford University Press, ISBN 978-0-19-564109-7
• Lombard, Denys (1996), Nusa Jawa : silang budaya : kajian sejarah terpadu, Gramedia Pustaka Utama, ISBN 978-979-605-454-1
• Le carrefour javanais. Essai d'histoire globale [The Javanese Crossroads: Towards a Global History]. By Denys Lombard. Three volumes. Paris: Éditions de l'École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, 1990.^[5][6]
• Lombard, Denys; Arifin, Winarsih (2006), Kerajaan Aceh zaman Sultan Iskandar Muda (1607-1636), Kepustakaan Populer Gramedia : Forum Jakartas-Paris : Ecole francaise d'Extreme-Orient, ISBN 978-979-9100-49-8