Abraham Hyacinthe Anquetil-Duperron
French orientalist
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Abraham Hyacinthe Anquetil-Duperron was the first professional French Indologist. He conceived the institutional framework for the new profession. He inspired the founding of the École française d'Extrême-Orient a century after his death. The... Wikipedia
Born: December 7, 1731, Paris, France
Died: January 17, 1805 (age 73 years), Paris, France
Books: Commerce, Extracts From the Narrative of Anquetil Du Perron's Travels in India, and Extracts from the Narrative of Anquetil Du Perron's Travels in India: Chiefly Those Concerning His Researches in the Life and Religion of Zoroaster, and in the Ceremonial and Ethical System of the Same Religion as Contained in Zend and Pehlvi Books
Siblings: Louis-Pierre Anquetil