George Sale
Orientalist
George Sale was a British Orientalist scholar and practising solicitor, best known for his 1734 translation of the Quran into English. In 1748, after having read Sale's translation, Voltaire wrote his own essay "De l'Alcoran et de Mahomet". Wikipedia
Born: 1697, Canterbury, United Kingdom
Died: 1736 (age 39 years), City of Westminster, London, United Kingdom
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