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de (Vinchelés Payen-Payne) V. Payen-Payne

1866–1945

Best remembered for practical French-language reference books, this early 20th-century compiler helped English-speaking learners tackle idioms, proverbs, and dictionary work with a clear, usable approach. His name appears on enduring study aids that kept circulating in new editions long after their first publication.

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French Idioms and Proverbs

French Idioms and Proverbs

by de (Vinchelés Payen-Payne) V. Payen-Payne

About the author

De V. Payen-Payne, also listed as James Bertrand de Vinchelez Payen-Payne, was born in 1866 and died in 1945. Surviving catalog records connect him with French-language reference publishing rather than fiction, and they show his work reaching readers through dictionaries and study guides aimed at English speakers.

Among the books linked to him are French Idioms and Proverbs and A New French and English Dictionary. Library records suggest he worked as an editor or compiler on practical language tools, the kind of books designed to help learners understand everyday usage as well as formal vocabulary.

There is also evidence that he sat for a painted portrait by Philip Alexius de László in 1926, which hints at a public or professional standing beyond the page. Reliable biographical detail appears to be quite limited, so what stands out most today is the usefulness of the language-reference work published under his name.