Charles Defrémery

Charles Defrémery
Born 8 December 1822
Cambrai (Nord)
Died 18 August 1883(1883-08-18) (aged 60)
Saint-Valery-en-Caux (Seine-Maritime)
Occupation Orientalist

Charles Defrémery (8 December 1822 – 18 August 1883) was a 19th-century French orientalist, specialist in Arabic and Persian history and literature.

He held the chair of Arabic language and literature at the École des langues orientales and was a member of the Société Asiatique of Paris. On 2 December 1860, he was appointed corresponding member of the St Petersburg Academy of Sciences for the Oriental literary department. He was elected a member of the Académie des inscriptions et belles-lettres in 1869. From 1871, he held the chair of Arabic at the Collège de France.

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