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Dictionary of Indian Biography (Buckland)

Dictionary of Indian Biography G to I

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Date transcribed	2011-04-00
Transcribed by	Peter Bailey
Comment	Note that notables of Indian, Afghan, etc. origin do not always follow the alphabetical name pattern established by Buckland in his original work.

	Surnames	Garcin De Tassy
	First Name(s)	Joseph Heliodore
	Year of Birth	1794
	Year of Death	1878
	Entry	French Oriental scholar : born Jan. 25, 1794 : studied Oriental languages under Baron Silvestre de Sacy : published a work on Oriental literature, 1822, in which year he was Secretary of the Societe Asiatique, then established : the first Professor of Hindustani at the special school of Oriental languages, 1828 : he wrote a History of Hindi and Hindustani Literature, and Hindustani Authors and their Works, the Rudiments of Hindustani and Hindi, Allegories, Poetic Recitations and Popular Songs of Arabic, Persian, Hindustani and Turkish : edited Sir W. Jones' Persian Grammar in 1845, and translated El- Attar's Language of Birds : wrote a number of annual progress reports on the whole field of Indian literature : on the Muhammadan religion, on Islam d'apres le Coran, 1874: on the Rhetoric and Prosody of the Muslim Nations, and on the religious Poetry of the Persians : in 1854-5 he translated the poet Wali, and The Adveniures of Kamrup : contributed largely to the Journals of the Societe Asiatique : was a member of the Royal Asiatic Society and of the French Institute from 1838 : received the Cross of the Legion of Honour, 1837 : died at Paris, Sep. 3, 1878.

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