WRITER

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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Eugène Burnouf has received more than 49,739 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Eugène Burnouf is the 3,287th most popular writer (down from 2,995th in 2019), the 3,404th most popular biography from France (down from 3,085th in 2019) and the 426th most popular French Writer.

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Notable Works

Le lotus de la bonne loi
Sanskrit language, Semantics
1852
Legends of Indian Buddhism
Legends, Buddhism, Buddhist Legends
1911
Mémoire sur deux inscriptions cunéiformes trouvées près d'Hamadan et qui font maintenant partie ..
1836
Essai sur le pali ou langue sacrée de la presqu'ile au-delà du gange avec six plances lithographiées, et la notice des manusrits palais de la Bibliothèque du Roi
Pali language, Pali literature, Readers
2003
Introduction à l'histoire du buddhisme indien
Accessible book, Bibliography, Buddha and Buddhism
1844
Etudes sur la langue et sur les textes zends
Avesta, Avestan language, Criticism, interpretation
1840

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Eugène Burnouf ranks 3,287 out of 7,302. Before him are Anita Lasker-Wallfisch, Licinius Macer Calvus, Juan Fernández de Heredia, Lucius Cornelius Sisenna, Dámaso Alonso, and Douglas Preston. After him are Malak Hifni Nasif, Bernard Maris, Idries Shah, Konstanty Ildefons Gałczyński, Ashapurna Devi, and Konstantin Mihailović.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1801, Eugène Burnouf ranks 51. Before him are Richard Parkes Bonington, Kristjan Jaak Peterson, Charles Elliot, Pedro Santana, Coenraad Johannes van Houten, and Christian Dietrich Grabbe. After him are Joseph Ludwig Raabe, Hippolyte Carnot, Jan Kalivoda, Carl Jakob Sundevall, Peter Wilhelm Lund, and Augustin-Alexandre Dumont. Among people deceased in 1852, Eugène Burnouf ranks 44. Before him are Georg August Wallin, James Pradier, Georg von Langsdorff, Bernardino Drovetti, Francisco Javier Castaños, 1st Duke of Bailén, and John Lloyd Stephens. After him are Prince Eduard of Saxe-Altenburg, Nicolae Bălcescu, Carlos María de Alvear, Daniel Webster, James Francis Stephens, and Pavel Fedotov.

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In France

Among people born in France, Eugène Burnouf ranks 3,404 out of 6,770. Before him are Firmin Abauzit (1679), Dany Robin (1927), Gilbert, Duke of Lorraine (890), Edward Poynter (1836), Michel Delpech (1946), and Robert Casadesus (1899). After him are Reginald Garrigou-Lagrange (1877), Bruno Nuytten (1945), André Marie Constant Duméril (1774), Bernard Maris (1946), Rudolph Minkowski (1895), and Émile Faguet (1847).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Eugène Burnouf ranks 426. Before him are Frédéric Beigbeder (1965), Jules Vallès (1832), Claude Bourgelat (1712), Jacques Delille (1738), William of Jumièges (1000), and Maurice de Guérin (1810). After him are Bernard Maris (1946), Émile Faguet (1847), Victor Segalen (1878), Charles Pinot Duclos (1704), Jean Rotrou (1609), and Bernard-Marie Koltès (1948).

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