Jean Jacques Antoine Caussin de Perceval

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Jean Jacques Antoine Caussin de Perceval (born June 24, 1759 in Montdidier , † July 29, 1835 in Paris ) was a French orientalist .

Caussin de Perceval devoted himself to oriental studies at an early age and was professor of Arabic at the Collège de France in Paris from 1782 until his death . In addition, he became curator of the manuscript department at the royal library in 1787 . During the turmoil of the French Revolution , however, he lost this office again in 1792. From 1809 he was a member of the third class of the institute. In 1816 he became a member of the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres .

Works

  • Histoire de la Sicile sous le gouvernement des Arabes . Paris (1802)
  • Translations:
    • the so-called Hakemitic astronomical tables (1804)
    • fifty macams of the Hariri . (1819)
    • the fables of Lokman . (1819)
  • Essai sur l'histoire des Arabes ( digitized version )
personal data
SURNAME Perceval, Jean Jacques Antoine Caussin de
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French orientalist
DATE OF BIRTH June 24, 1759
PLACE OF BIRTH Montdidier
DATE OF DEATH July 29, 1835
Place of death Paris