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| Date transcribed | 2011-03-01 | | Transcribed by | Peter Bailey | | Comment | Note that notables of Indian, Afghan, etc. origin do not always follow the alphabetical name pattern established by Buckland in his original work. |
| | Surname | Darmesteter | | | First Name(s) | James | | | Year of Birth | 1849 | | | Year of Death | 1894 | | | Entry | Born March 28, 1849, in Alsace, of a poor Jewish family : son of Cerf, and brother of Arsene, Darmesteter : delicate, puny, and almost deformed : educated at the Lycee Condorcet, Paris : Doctor in Letters, 1877 : devoted himself to Oriental scholarship and literature : became the greatest authority of his time on Zoroastrian literature : appointed Assistant- Professor of Zend at the Ecole des Hautes Etudes, 1877 : and in 1892, Director : was appointed Professor of Persian at the College de France, 1885, and Secretary of the Societe Asiatique : wrote Etudes Iraniennes, 1883, and on the language and literature of ancient Persia : travelled in India, to study his subjects locally : residing there, Feb. 1886—Feb. 1887, chiefly at Bombay, Peshawar and Hazara : wrote Letters sur ITnde, 1888, The Popular Songs of the Afghans, with an introduction on their language, history and literature, 1890 ; a complete translation, 1892-3, of the Zendavesta, published in the Sacred Books of the East : and Selected Essays, published 1895 : was an Editor of the Revue Critique, and, later, of the Revue de Paris : wrote in them, and in the Journal des Debals, critical notices of books and Oriental essays : wrote on the mythology of the Avesta, 1875 : Ormuzd et Ahriman, 1877: Essais Orientaux, 1883 : also on the History of the Jewish People, in the Nouvelle Revue : and the Prophets of Israel, 1892 : died at Maisons-Lafitte, Oct. 19, 1894. |
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