RELIGIOUS FIGURE

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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Abraham Hyacinthe Anquetil-Duperron has received more than 80,000 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia. Abraham Hyacinthe Anquetil-Duperron is the 1,207th most popular religious figure (down from 1,157th in 2019), the 1,920th most popular biography from France (down from 1,814th in 2019) and the 96th most popular French Religious Figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Abraham Hyacinthe Anquetil-Duperron ranks 1,207 out of 3,187Before him are Raffaele Riario, Vincent Pallotti, Hudson Taylor, Stachys the Apostle, Śāntarakṣita, and Abd al-Rahman al-Awza'i. After him are Yohanan ben Zakkai, Zita, Pope Theophilus of Alexandria, Nimatullah Kassab, Shaohao, and Ad-Darazi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1731, Abraham Hyacinthe Anquetil-Duperron ranks 5Before him are Henry Cavendish, Maria Josepha of Saxony, Dauphine of France, Erasmus Darwin, and Martha Washington. After him are William Aiton, Marcello Bacciarelli, Gabriela Silang, Christian Cannabich, Gaetano Pugnani, Louis Eugene, Duke of Württemberg, and Ove Høegh-Guldberg. Among people deceased in 1805, Abraham Hyacinthe Anquetil-Duperron ranks 12Before him are Claude Chappe, Maria Theresa of Savoy, Frederick, Hereditary Prince of Denmark, Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis, Frederica Louisa of Hesse-Darmstadt, and Mihrişah Sultan. After him are Conrad Moench, Aloys I, Prince of Liechtenstein, Pehr Osbeck, Nicolas-Jacques Conté, Josephus Nicolaus Laurenti, and Franz Xaver von Wulfen.

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In France

Among people born in France, Abraham Hyacinthe Anquetil-Duperron ranks 1,920 out of 6,770Before him are Louis Victor, Prince of Carignano (1721), Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre (1665), Jean-Louis Schlesser (1948), Duchenne de Boulogne (1806), Pierre Victurnien Vergniaud (1753), and Claude Brasseur (1936). After him are Hugh IV, Duke of Burgundy (1213), Albert Sarraut (1872), Guillaume Bigourdan (1851), Adela of France (1009), Joseph Meister (1876), and Jean-Pierre Beltoise (1937).

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In France

Among religious figures born in France, Abraham Hyacinthe Anquetil-Duperron ranks 96Before him are Yves Congar (1904), Vincent of Lérins (400), Medardus (470), Amandus (600), Charles de Bourbon (1523), and Marcabru (1200). After him are Peter the Venerable (1092), Lothair II of Italy (1000), François de la Chaise (1624), Eugène Tisserant (1884), Louis of Toulouse (1274), and Blandina (101).