Garcin de Tassy

Joseph Garcin de Tassy Héliodore Sagesse Vertu ( born January 25, 1794 in Marseille, † September 2, 1878 ) was a French orientalist.

Life

At the Collège de France in Paris Garcin de Tassy learned Oriental languages ​​and has therefore been a pupil of Silvestre de Sacy philologists. Later it was based on the suggestions ( and wishes Garcin de Tassys ) in Paris, the École Spéciale des langues orientales and Gracin de Tassy got there a chair for Indian language.

When Charles -Maurice de Talleyrand -Perigord died in 1838, elected to the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles Lettres Garcin de Tassy as his successor to their member. As such, he was instrumental in the founding of the Societe asiatique, and later one of its directors.

In addition to his own scientific works, Garcin de Tassy made ​​a name as a translator from Arabic. Later, the study of the Hindustani language became a great center of gravity and it was soon as a luminary.

At the age of 84 years Garcin de Tassy star on September 2, 1878 in his native town and found his final resting place.

Works (selection)

  • Allégories. Récits poétiques et chants populaires. Lerroux, Paris 1877.
  • Les aventures de Kamrup. Paris 1834 ( translation ).
  • Chrestomathie Hindie et hindouie. Paris 1849.
  • Cours d' hindoustani. Paris 1870.
  • La doctrine de l' amour. Paris 1859 ( Translation from Hindustani ).
  • Histoire de la littérature hindouie e hindoustanie 2nd Ed Dupont, Paris 1871 ( 3 vols )
  • L' d' aprés le Coran islamisme. Sciences des religions. Biblio Verlag, Osnabrück 1978, ISBN 3-7648-0340-1 ( d Rep. Ed Paris 1874).
  • La langue et la littérature hindoustanies 1850-69. 2nd edition, Paris, 1874.
  • Mémoires sur les particularités de la religion dans l' Inde musulmane. Paris 1832.
  • Oeuvre de Wali. Paris 1834 ( translation of individual works of the poet Wali ).
  • La poésie Philosophique et religieuse chez les Persans d'après le Mantic Uttar ou le langue des oiseaux de Farid Uddin Attar -. 4th Ed Dupont, Paris, 1864 ( 3 vols ).
  • Rhétorique prosody et des langues de l' Orient musulman. 2nd edition, Paris, 1873.
  • Rudiments de la langue hindouie. Paris 1847.
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