Jean-Pierre Abel-Rémusat, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Jean-Pierre Abel-Rémusat

French sinologist

Date of Birth: 05-Sep-1788

Place of Birth: Paris, Île-de-France, France

Date of Death: 04-Jun-1832

Profession: professor, librarian, translator, sinologist

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Jean-Pierre Abel-Rémusat (5 September 1788 – 2 June 1832) was a French sinologist best known as the first Chair of Sinology at the Collège de France.
Rémusat studied medicine as a young man, but his discovery of a Chinese herbal treatise enamored him with the Chinese language, and he spent five years teaching himself to read it.
After publishing several well-received articles on Chinese topics, a chair in Chinese was created at the Collège de France in 1814 and Rémusat was placed in it.