Charles Defrémery
Charles Defrémery | |
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| Born | 8 December 1822 |
| Died | 18 August 1883 (aged 60) |
| Occupation | Orientalist |
Charles Defrémery (8 December 1822 – 18 August 1883) was a 19th-century French orientalist, specialist in Arabic and Persian history and literature.
He held the chair of Arabic language and literature at the École des langues orientales and was a member of the Société Asiatique of Paris. On 2 December 1860, he was appointed corresponding member of the St Petersburg Academy of Sciences for the Oriental literary department. He was elected a member of the Académie des inscriptions et belles-lettres in 1869. From 1871, he held the chair of Arabic at the Collège de France.
Selected works
[edit]- 1842: Histoire des sultans du Kharezm, par Mirkhond. Texte persan, accompagné de notes historiques, géographiques et philologiques
- 1845: Histoire des Samanides, par Mirkhond. Texte persan, traduit et accompagné de notes critiques, historiques et géographiques
- 1854: Voyages d'Ibn Battuta (4 volumes, 1853-1859)
- 1854: Mémoires d'histoire orientale, suivis de Mélanges de critique, de philologie et de géographie
- 1858: Gulistan, ou le Parterre de roses[1], par Sadi, traduit du persan et accompagné de notes historiques, géographiques et littéraires
References
[edit]- ^ texte, Saʿadī (1193-1292?) Auteur du (1858). Gulistan, ou Le parterre de roses / par Sadi ; traduit du persan... et accompagné de notes historiques, géographiques et littéraires, par Charles Defrémery.
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Categories:
- French orientalists
- French Arabists
- Translators to French
- Translators from Persian
- Arabic–French translators
- French Iranologists
- Academic staff of the Collège de France
- Corresponding members of the Saint Petersburg Academy of Sciences
- Members of the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres
- Members of the Société Asiatique
- 1822 births
- People from Cambrai
- 1883 deaths
- 19th-century French translators