James Darmesteter

James Darmesteter ( born March 28, 1849 in Château- Salins, † October 19, 1894 in Maisons- Laffitte in Paris) was a French orientalist.

Darmesteter studied in Paris Comparative Languages ​​and Religious Studies. His special interest was paid to the Old Persian. In 1885 he became a professor at the Collège de France.

Works

  • Harvatat et Ameretat. (1875, award-winning )
  • Ormazd et Ahriman. (1877 )
  • Essais orientaux. (1883, award-winning )
  • Le Mahdi, depuis les origines de l' Islam jusqu'a nos jours. (1885 )
  • Les origines de la poesie persane. (1887 )
  • Lettres sur l' Inde. A la frontière afghan. (1887 )
  • La legende divine. (1890)
  • Les prophètes d' Israel. (1892 )

Posthumously published the major work of his creative

  • The full translation of Zend Avesta (1902/1903)
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