Career
His name is often misspelled as de Baranton. Ordained catholic priest in 1887, he joined the Capuchins under the name of Father Hilaire on 2 August 1889. He lectured in Turkey.
Back in France, he taught science, philosophy and dogmatic theology.
Soon he acquired a reputation as a linguist, and he participated, in 1936, in the Third International Congress of Linguistics.
