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Eugène Burnouf

1801 - 1852

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Eugène Burnouf (French pronunciation: [øʒɛn byʁnuf]; April 8, 1801 – May 28, 1852) was a French scholar, an Indologist and orientalist. His notable works include a study of Sanskrit literature, translation of the Hindu text Bhagavata Purana and Buddhist text Lotus Sutra. He wrote a foundational text on Buddhism and also made significant contributions to the deciphering of Old Persian cuneiform. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Eugène Burnouf is the 2,693rd most popular writer (up from 3,287th in 2019), the 2,911th most popular biography from France (up from 3,405th in 2019) and the 370th most popular French Writer.

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Among writers, Eugène Burnouf ranks 2,693 out of 7,302. Before him are Dagny Juel, Yu Kil-chun, Anvari, Noor Inayat Khan, Jean Ray, and Ennin. After him are Patrick Pearse, Sāyaṇa, Valentin Kataev, Sima Tan, Peter Bichsel, and Varian Fry.

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Among people born in 1801, Eugène Burnouf ranks 47. Before him are Henri Labrouste, Vincenzo Gioberti, Armand Trousseau, Constantine, Prince of Hohenzollern-Hechingen, Marie Laveau, and Georgios Koletis. After him are Christian Dietrich Grabbe, Hippolyte Bayard, Joseph Ludwig Raabe, Pedro Santana, Kristjan Jaak Peterson, and Coenraad Johannes van Houten. Among people deceased in 1852, Eugène Burnouf ranks 34. Before him are Étienne Maurice Gérard, Salvadore Cammarano, Amir Kabir, Carl Borivoj Presl, Prince Paul of Württemberg, and Vincenzo Gioberti. After him are Wilhelm Hisinger, Táhirih, Tirimüjgan Kadın, Edward Bransfield, Achille Richard, and John Lloyd Stephens.

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In France

Among people born in France, Eugène Burnouf ranks 2,911 out of 6,770. Before him are Richard Bohringer (1942), Jules Dalou (1838), Valérie Trierweiler (1965), Claude Autant-Lara (1901), Fabrice Luchini (1951), and Jules Favre (1809). After him are Marc Seguin (1786), Jean-Hippolyte Flandrin (1809), Adrien-Henri de Jussieu (1797), Jean Carmet (1920), Jérôme Pétion de Villeneuve (1756), and Maryan Wisniewski (1937).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Eugène Burnouf ranks 370. Before him are Georges Ohnet (1848), Sylvain Maréchal (1750), Henri Desgrange (1865), Marcel Prévost (1862), Louise Colet (1810), and Violette Leduc (1907). After him are Hildebert (1056), Pierre Grimal (1912), Pierre Gringore (1475), José Giovanni (1923), Philippe de Mornay (1549), and Charles-Louis Philippe (1874).

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