ANTOINE LEONARD DE CHEZY
\ˈantɔ͡ɪn lˈɛnəd də ʃˈe͡ɪi], \ˈantɔɪn lˈɛnəd də ʃˈeɪi], \ˈa_n_t_ɔɪ_n l_ˈɛ_n_ə_d d_ə ʃ_ˈeɪ_i]\
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A distinguished French Orientalist (1773-1832). For him the first chair of ancient Indian languages in France was founded in 1815. Bopp, W. von Humboldt, F. von Schlegel, Burnouf, Langlois, and other renowned scholars and Orientalists, were his pupils. His principal work is an edition, with French translation, of Kalidasa's "Sakuntala" (1830).
By Charles Dudley Warner
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