Claude-Étienne Savary was an orientalist, pioneer of Egyptology and translator of the Qur'an. Wikipedia
Born: 1750, Vitré, France
Died: 1788 (age 38 years), Paris, France
Books: Letters on Egypt, Letters on Greece: Being a Sequel to Letters on Egypt, and Containing Travels Through Rhodes, Crete, and Other Islands of the Archipelago; with Comparative Remarks on Their Ancient and Present State ..., Letters on Egypt: Containing, a Parallel Between the Manners of Its Ancient and Modern Inhabitants, Its Commerce, Agriculture, Government and Religion : with the Descent of Louis IX at Damietta, Extracted from Joinville, and Arabian Authors, and more