Samuel Rousseau | |
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Born | 1763 |
Died | 4 December 1820 Ray Street, Clerkenwell, London | (aged 57)
Nationality | British |
Known for | Arabic – English dictionary; translations of Persian literature |
Samuel Rousseau (1763–1820) was a British Oriental scholar and printer. He compiled very early Arabic-English and Persian-English dictionaries, and translated and printed the first English-language editions of several important Arabic and Persian works.