|
ANQUETIL , See also:DUPERRON, See also:ABRAHAM HYACINTHE (1731-i8o5), See also:French 'orientalist, See also:brother of See also:- LOUIS
- LOUIS (804–876)
- LOUIS (893–911)
- LOUIS, JOSEPH DOMINIQUE, BARON (1755-1837)
- LOUIS, or LEWIS (from the Frankish Chlodowich, Chlodwig, Latinized as Chlodowius, Lodhuwicus, Lodhuvicus, whence-in the Strassburg oath of 842-0. Fr. Lodhuwigs, then Chlovis, Loys and later Louis, whence Span. Luiz and—through the Angevin kings—Hungarian
Louis See also:Pierre Anquetil, the historian, was See also:born in See also:Paris on the 7th. of See also:December 1731. He was educated for the priesthood in Paris and See also:Utrecht, but his See also:taste for See also:Hebrew, Arabic, See also:Persian, and other See also:languages of the See also:East
See also:developed into a See also:passion, and he discontinued his theological course to devote himself entirely to them. His diligent attendance at the Royal Library attracted the See also:attention of the keeper of the See also:manuscripts, the See also:Abbe Sallier, whose See also:influence procured for him a small See also:salary as student of the See also:oriental languages. He had lighted on some fragments of the Vendidad See also:Sade, and formed the project of a voyage to See also:India to discover the See also:works of Zoroaster. With this end in view he enlisted as a private soldier, on the 2nd of See also:November 1754, in the See also:Indian expedition which was about to start from the See also:port of L'Orient. His See also:friends procured his See also:discharge, and he was granted a See also:free passage, a seat at the See also:captain's table, and a salary, the amount of which was to be fixed by the See also:governor of the French See also:settlement in India. After a passage of six months, Anquetil landed, on the loth of See also:August 1755, at See also:Pondicherry. Here he remained a See also:short See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time to See also:master See also:modern Persian, and then hastened to See also:Chandernagore to acquire See also:Sanskrit. Just then See also:war was declared between See also:France and See also:England; Chandernagore was taken, and Anquetil returned to Pondicherry by See also:land. He found one of his See also:brothers at Pondicherry, and embarked with him for See also:Surat; but, with a view of exploring the See also:country, he landed at See also:Mahe and proceeded on See also:foot. At Surat he succeeded, by perseverance and address in his intercourse with the native priests, in acquiring a sufficient knowledge of the 'lend and See also:Pahlavi languages to translate the See also:liturgy called the Vendidad Sade and some other works. Thence he proposed going to See also:Benares, to study the See also:language, antiquities, and sacred See also:laws of the See also:Hindus; but the See also:capture of Pondicherry obliged him to quit India. Returning to See also:Europe in an See also:English See also:vessel, he spent some time in See also:London and See also:- OXFORD
- OXFORD, EARLS OF
- OXFORD, EDWARD DE VERE, 17TH EARL
- OXFORD, JOHN DE VERE, 13TH EARL OF (1443-1513)
- OXFORD, PROVISIONS OF
- OXFORD, ROBERT DE VERE, 9TH EARL OF (1362-1392)
- OXFORD, ROBERT HARLEY, 1ST
Oxford, and then set out for France. He arrived in Paris on the 14th of See also:March 1762 in See also:possession of one See also:hundred and eighty oriental manuscripts, besides other curiosities. The Abbe See also:Barthelemy procured for him a See also:pension, with the See also:appointment of interpreter of oriental languages at the Royal Library. In 1763 he was elected an See also:associate of the See also:Academy of See also:Inscriptions, and began to arrange for the publication of the materials he had collected during his eastern travels. In 1771 he published his Zend-Avesta (3 vols.), containing collections from the sacred writings of the See also:fire-worshippers, a See also:life of Zoroaster, and fragments of works ascribed to him. In 1778 the published at See also:Amsterdam his Legislation orientate, in which he endeavoured to prove that the nature of oriental despotism had been greatly misrepresented. His Recherches historiques et geographiques sur l'Inde appeared in 1786, and formed See also:part of Thieffenthaler's See also:Geography of India. The Revolution seems to have greatly affected him. During that See also:period he abandoned society, and lived in voluntary poverty on a few pence a See also:day. In 1798 he published L'Inde en rapport avec l'Europe (See also:Hamburg, 2 vols.), which contained much invective against the English, and numerous misrepresentations. In 1802—1804 he published a Latin See also:translation (2 vols.) from the Persian of the Oupnek'See also:hat or Upanishada. It is a curious mixture of Latin, See also:Greek, Persian, Arabic, and Sanskrit. He died in Paris on the 17th of See also:January 18o5.
See Biographie universelle; See also:Sir See also:- WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
William See also:- JONES
- JONES, ALFRED GILPIN (1824-1906)
- JONES, EBENEZER (182o-186o)
- JONES, ERNEST CHARLES (1819-1869)
- JONES, HENRY (1831-1899)
- JONES, HENRY ARTHUR (1851- )
- JONES, INIGO (1573-1651)
- JONES, JOHN (c. 1800-1882)
- JONES, MICHAEL (d. 1649)
- JONES, OWEN (1741-1814)
- JONES, OWEN (1809-1874)
- JONES, RICHARD (179o-1855)
- JONES, SIR ALFRED LEWIS (1845-1909)
- JONES, SIR WILLIAM (1746-1794)
- JONES, THOMAS RUPERT (1819– )
- JONES, WILLIAM (1726-1800)
Jones, Works (vol. x., 180.7); and the Miscellanies of the Philobiblon Society (vol. iii., 1856-1857). For a See also:list of his scattered writings see See also:Querard, La France litteraire.
End of Article: ANQUETIL
Additional information and Comments
There are no comments yet for this article.
Please link directly to this article:
Highlight the code below, right click, and select "copy." Then paste it into your website, email, or other HTML.
Site content, images, and layout Copyright © 2006 - Net Industries, worldwide.
Do not copy, download, transfer, or otherwise replicate the site content in whole or in part.
Links to articles and home page are always encouraged.
|
del.icio.us it!