Jean-Louis Burnouf, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Jean-Louis Burnouf

French philologist and translator

Date of Birth: 14-Sep-1775

Place of Birth: Manche, Normandy, France

Date of Death: 08-May-1844

Profession: professor, librarian, translator, linguist, grammarian, classical philologist, latinist

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Virgo


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About Jean-Louis Burnouf

  • Jean-Louis Burnouf (French: [??~lwi by?nuf]; 14 September 1775, in Urville, Manche – 8 May 1844) was a French philologist and translator. The son of a poor weaver who died early in Burnouf's life, leaving him an orphan, he was admitted to the collège d'Harcourt in Paris on a scholarship and in 1792 won its UniversitĂ© prix d'honneur.
  • During the French Revolution, he made his living as a merchant.
  • Entering the UniversitĂ© in 1808, he was the professor of rhetoric at the lycĂ©e Charlemagne, and professor of Latin eloquence at the Collège de France, from 1817 to 1844, then inspector of the UniversitĂ©.
  • He was elected a member of the AcadĂ©mie des inscriptions et belles-lettres in 1836. Jean Louis Burnouf wrote several translations of Latin authors : Sallust, Tacitus, Cicero, Pliny the Younger.
  • He also translated into Latin Antoine-LĂ©onard ChĂ©zy's French version of the Yadjanadatta Badha (Sanskrit: Yadjnadatta Vadha, Killing of Yadjnadatta). Burnouf was an early student of Sanskrit, which he studied under Alexander Hamilton.
  • His son was Eugène Burnouf, and his great-nephew was Émile-Louis Burnouf, both scholars of Indian civilizations.
  • He died aged 68.

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