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Sacy, Antoine Isaac, Baron Silvestre de

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The greatest of modern Orientalists, born at Paris; by twenty-three was a master of classic, Oriental, and modern European languages; was appointed in 1795 professor of Arabic in the School of Oriental Languages, and in 1806 of Persian in the College de France, besides which he held various other appointments; founded the Asiatic Society in 1822; was created a baron by Napoleon Bonaparte, and entered the Chamber of Peers in 1832; published "Biographies of Persian Poets," a standard Arabic grammar, &c.; his writings gave a stimulus to Oriental research throughout Europe (1758-1838).

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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Sacy, Antoine Isaac, Baron Silvestre de'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​nut/​s/sacy-antoine-isaac-baron-silvestre-de.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
 
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