Eugène-Louis Hauvette-Besnault

Eugène-Louis Hauvette-Besnault
Born 5 February 1820
Malesherbes
Died 28 June 1888(1888-06-28) (aged 68)
Malesherbes
Occupation Indologist

Eugène-Louis Hauvette-Besnault (5 February 1820 – 28 June 1888) was a 19th-century French Indologist.

Biography

Eugène-Louis Hauvette-Besnault was professor of sanskrit at the École pratique des hautes études (EPHE). Agrégé de lettres in 1853, he translated volumes IV and V of the Bhagavata Purana.

He was one of Eugène Burnouf's last students. Among his own students in sanskrit were James Darmesteter and Abel Bergaigne.

The historian and epigrapher René Cagnat was his stepson.

Publications

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