Antoine Isaac

Antoine Isaac (1758-1838), Baron Silvestre de Sacy, was the greatest of modern Orientalists, born at Paris. By twenty-three, he was a master of classic, Oriental, and modern European languages. He 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. He founded the Asiatic Society in 1822. He was created a baron by Napoleon Bonaparte, and entered the Chamber of Peers in 1832. He published "Biographies of Persian Poets," a standard Arabic grammar, &c. His writings gave a stimulus to Oriental research throughout Europe.

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