French Professor Probed for Awarding Himself Fake Nobel-Style Prize
A French academic is under investigation for allegedly creating a fictitious international academy and a Nobel-style prize, which he then awarded to himself. The professor is accused of orchestrating a 'gigantic hoax' within the scientific community.
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French professor investigated for awarding himself fake prize
The academic is accused of dreaming up the prize he went on to win and has been suspended from his university.
Read full article →French professor accused of ‘gigantic hoax’ after inventing Nobel-style prize
Authorities investigate Florent Montaclair over award given to himself and others including Noam Chomsky At a ceremony at the French national assembly attended by Nobel prize winners, former government ministers, MPs, decorated scientists and academics, all attention was on a previously unknown literature professor. Florent Montaclair, then 46, a balding, bespectacled figure in an ill-fitting suit and rosé-coloured shirt, was receiving the 2016 Gold Medal of Philology - the study of linguisti...
By Kim Willsher in Paris
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Read full article →French professor investigated for awarding himself fake prize
A French academic is under investigation for inventing a Nobel-style prize for philology in order that he could then go on to win it.
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