Abraham Hyacinthe Anquetil-Duperron

Abraham Hyacinthe
Anquetil-Duperron
Born7 December 1731 (1731-12-07)
Paris, France
Died17 January 1805 (1805-01-18) (aged 73)
OccupationOrientalist

Abraham Hyacinthe Anquetil-Duperron (7 December 1731 – 17 January 1805) was the first[1] professional French Indologist. He conceived the institutional framework for the new profession. He inspired the founding of the École française d'Extrême-Orient a century after his death. The library of the Institut français de Pondichéry is named after him.

  1. ^ T. K. John, "Research and Studies by Western Missionaries and Scholars in Sanskrit Language and Literature," in the St. Thomas Christian Encyclopaedia of India, Vol. III, Ollur[Trichur] 2010 Ed. George Menachery, pp.79-83.