Antoine Isaac Silvestre de Sacy
1758
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1838
photo credits: Wikimedia Commons
movement: comparatism
country of citizenship: France
native language: French
languages spoken, written or signed: French, Arabic, Turkish, Hebrew, Syriac, Samaritan Aramaic, Persian, English, German, Italian, Spanish
occupation: grammarian, politician, librarian, writer, professor, translator, orientalist
award received: Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour
position held: député au Corps législatif, member of the Chamber of Peers, Director of the Collège de France, Secrétaire perpétuel de l'Académie des inscriptions et belles-lettres, administrateur de l'école des langues orientales
student of: George François Berthereau
Antoine Isaac, Baron Silvestre de Sacy (French: [sasi]; 21 September 1758 – 21 February 1838), was a French nobleman, linguist and orientalist. His son, Ustazade Silvestre de Sacy, became a journalist. Source: Wikipedia (en)
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