Joseph de Guignes
French orientalist and sinologist
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Joseph de Guignes was a French orientalist, sinologist and Turkologist born at Pontoise, the son of Jean Louis de Guignes and Françoise Vaillant. He died at Paris.
He succeeded Étienne Fourmont at the Royal Library as secretary interpreter of the... Wikipedia
Born: October 19, 1721, Pontoise, France
Died: March 19, 1800 (age 78 years), Paris, France