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Abraham Hyacinthe Anquetil-Duperron

1731 - 1805

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Abraham Hyacinthe Anquetil-Duperron (7 December 1731 – 17 January 1805) was the first professional French Indologist. He conceived the institutional framework for the new profession. He inspired the founding of the École française d'Extrême-Orient a century after his death. The library of the Institut français de Pondichéry is named after him. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Abraham Hyacinthe Anquetil-Duperron is the 1,570th most popular religious figure (down from 1,207th in 2019), the 2,347th most popular biography from France (down from 1,921st in 2019) and the 121st most popular French Religious Figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Abraham Hyacinthe Anquetil-Duperron ranks 1,570 out of 3,187. Before him are Eunomius of Cyzicus, Sajah, Al-Shadhili, Prosper Grech, Urraca of Zamora, and Peter Chanel. After him are Ivo of Chartres, Jubal, Federico Borromeo, George Martinuzzi, Antoninus of Florence, and Paisius Velichkovsky.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1731, Abraham Hyacinthe Anquetil-Duperron ranks 9. Before him are Erasmus Darwin, Charles Lee, Martha Washington, William Aiton, Samuel Huntington, and Marcello Bacciarelli. After him are Maria Fortunata d'Este, Ove Høegh-Guldberg, Gaetano Pugnani, Christian Cannabich, Louis Eugene, Duke of Württemberg, and William Cowper. Among people deceased in 1805, Abraham Hyacinthe Anquetil-Duperron ranks 15. Before him are Prince William Henry, Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh, Frederica Louisa of Hesse-Darmstadt, Frederick, Hereditary Prince of Denmark, Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis, Mihrişah Sultan, and Josephus Nicolaus Laurenti. After him are William Paley, Pehr Osbeck, William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne, Louis-Jean-François Lagrenée, Nicolas-Jacques Conté, and Franz Xaver von Wulfen.

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In France

Among people born in France, Abraham Hyacinthe Anquetil-Duperron ranks 2,347 out of 6,770. Before him are Louis Delluc (1890), Louis Jouvet (1887), Joan of Valois, Countess of Hainaut (1294), Isaac the Blind (1160), Matthias of Arras (1290), and Peter Chanel (1803). After him are Ivo of Chartres (1040), Pierre Plantard (1920), François Hotman (1524), Prince Philipp of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1844), Michel de l'Hôpital (1505), and François Étienne de Kellermann (1770).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In France

Among religious figures born in France, Abraham Hyacinthe Anquetil-Duperron ranks 121. Before him are Robert Estienne (1503), Mamertus (401), Guillaume Dubois (1656), Urbain Grandier (1590), Peter the Venerable (1092), and Peter Chanel (1803). After him are Ivo of Chartres (1040), Jean Daniélou (1905), Peter Bartholomew (1100), Alfred Loisy (1857), Abbo of Fleury (945), and Julian the Hospitaller (700).

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