Jean-Louis Burnouf

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Jean-Louis Burnouf (born September 14, 1775 in Urville ( Département Manche ), † May 8, 1844 in Paris ) was a French classical scholar . He also translated some classical Latin works.

life and work

Jean-Louis Burnouf, son of a poor weaver, became an assistant teacher at the Lycée Charlemagne in 1808 , then professor of rhetoric at the Lycée impérial and in 1811 received a position at the École normal supérieure . In 1816 he became professor of eloquence at the Collège de France , in 1826 inspector of the Académie de Paris , in 1830 general studies inspector and in 1840 when he was appointed university librarian at the Sorbonne . In 1836 he was appointed a member of the Académie des inscriptions et belles-lettres . He died in Paris on May 8, 1844 at the age of 68. His son Eugène Burnouf became an important Indologist .

Burnouf made important contributions to reforming the method of teaching classical languages ​​in France. His widely published school books, the Méthode pour étudier la langue grecque (Paris 1814, last 1882) and the Méthode pour étudier la langue latine (Paris 1840, 27th edition 1879), as well as the extracts from them, the Premiers principes de la grammaire grecque (last in 1879) and the Premiers principes de la grammaire latine (24th edition, 1883), were for a long time often based on instruction in the classical languages ​​in France. Burnouf also wrote an excellent translation of Tacitus ( Traduction des œuvres complètes de Tacite , 6 vols., 1828–33; last 1881) and the text review and translation of Pliny ' Panegyricus ( Panégyrique de Trajan , Paris 1834, 3rd ed. 1845) . He also took part in the Collection des œuvres de Cicéron and in the editing of the Journal asiatique .

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personal data
SURNAME Burnouf, Jean-Louis
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French philologist
DATE OF BIRTH September 14, 1775
PLACE OF BIRTH Urville ( Department Manche )
DATE OF DEATH May 8, 1844
Place of death Paris