Eugène Burnouf (1801 - 1852)

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Eugène Burnouf

Eugène Burnouf was a French Orientalist scholar, linguist, and researcher of Buddhism in the mid-19th century.

Burnouf studied at the School of Law and the Collège de France. In collaboration with the Norwegian orientalist Christian Lassen, he published Essai sur le Pali (1826) in one of the languages of Indian Buddhism. He then undertook the decipherment of Zoroastrian manuscripts.

As professor of Sanskrit at the Collège de France (1832-1852), Burnouf made a significant contribution to the study of Zoroastrianism. He also made a Sanskrit edition and French translation of the important Hindu text Le Bhâgavata Purana (1840) and published a history of Buddhism (1845).

Date and place of birt:8 april 1801, Paris, France
Date and place of death:28 may 1852, Paris, France
Period of activity: XIX century
Specialization:Educator, Linguist, Orientalist, Scientist, Writer
Genre:History painting