ANQUETIL  , See also:

• DUPERRON, JACQUES DAVY (1556–1618)

DUPERRON, See also:

• ABRAHAM, or ABRAM (Hebrew for " father is high ")

ABRAHAM HYACINTHE (1731-i8o5), See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French 'orientalist, See also:

• BROTHER

brother of See also:

• LOUIS
• LOUIS (804–876)
• LOUIS (893–911)
• LOUIS, JOSEPH DOMINIQUE, BARON (1755-1837)
• LOUIS, or LEWIS (from the Frankish Chlodowich, Chlodwig, Latinized as Chlodowius, Lodhuwicus, Lodhuvicus, whence-in the Strassburg oath of 842-0. Fr. Lodhuwigs, then Chlovis, Loys and later Louis, whence Span. Luiz and—through the Angevin kings—Hungarian

Louis See also:

• PIERRE

Pierre Anquetil, the historian, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born in See also:

• PARIS
• PARIS (also called ALEXANDROS)
• PARIS, ALEXIS PAULIN (1800-x881)
• PARIS, BRUNO PAULIN GASTON (1839-1903)
• PARIS, FRANCOIS DE (169o-1727)
• PARIS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ALBERT
• PARIS, TREATIES OF (1814-1815)

Paris on the 7th. of See also:

• DECEMBER (Lat. decent, ten)

December 1731 . He was educated for the priesthood in Paris and See also:

• UTRECHT
• UTRECHT, TREATY OF

Utrecht, but his See also:

• TASTE (from Lat. taxare, to touch sharply; tangere, to touch)

taste for See also:

• HEBREW

Hebrew, Arabic, See also:

• PERSIAN
• PERSIAN, SYRIAN, EGYPTIAN AND TURKISH

Persian, and other See also:

• LANGUAGES

languages of the See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

East See also:

• DEVELOPED

developed into a See also:

• PASSION (post-classical Lat. passio, formed from pati, passus, to suffer, endure)

passion, and he discontinued his theological course to devote himself entirely to them . His diligent attendance at the Royal Library attracted the See also:

• ATTENTION (from Lat. ad-tendo, await, expect; the condition of being " stretched " or " tense ")

attention of the keeper of the See also:

• MANUSCRIPTS

manuscripts, the See also:

• ABBE (Serbo-Croatian Rai))

Abbe Sallier, whose See also:

• INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)

influence procured for him a small See also:

• SALARY

salary as student of the See also:

• ORIENTAL

oriental languages . He had lighted on some fragments of the Vendidad See also:

• SADE, DONATIEN ALPHONSE FRANCOIS, COUNT

Sade, and formed the project of a voyage to See also:

• INDIA
• INDIA, FRENCH

India to discover the See also:

• WORKS

works of Zoroaster . With this end in view he enlisted as a private soldier, on the 2nd of See also:

• NOVEMBER (Lat. novem, nine)

November 1754, in the See also:

• INDIAN

Indian expedition which was about to start from the See also:

• PORT

port of L'Orient . His See also:

• FRIENDS, SOCIETY
• FRIENDS, SOCIETY OF

friends procured his See also:

• DISCHARGE (adapted from the O. Fr. discharge, modern decharge, from a med. Lat. discargare, to unload, dis- and earn care, to load, cf. " charge ")

discharge, and he was granted a See also:

• FREE

free passage, a seat at the See also:

• CAPTAIN (derived from Lat. ca put, head, through the Low Lat. capitanus)

captain's table, and a salary, the amount of which was to be fixed by the See also:

• GOVERNOR (from the Fr. gouverneur, from gouverner, O. Fr. governer, Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, to direct, guide)

governor of the French See also:

• SETTLEMENT
• SETTLEMENT, ACT OF

settlement in India . After a passage of six months, Anquetil landed, on the loth of See also:

• AUGUST (originally Sextilis)

August 1755, at See also:

• PONDICHERRY

Pondicherry . Here he remained a See also:

• SHORT, FRANCIS JOB (1857– )

short See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time to See also:

• MASTER (Lat. magister, related to tnagis, more, as the corresponding minister is to minus, less; the English form is due partly to the O. Eng. maegister, and partly to O. Fr. maistre, mod. maitre; cf. Du. meester, Ger. Meister, Ital. maestro)

master See also:

• MODERN

modern Persian, and then hastened to See also:

• CHANDERNAGORE

Chandernagore to acquire See also:

• SANSKRIT

Sanskrit . Just then See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

war was declared between See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France and See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England; Chandernagore was taken, and Anquetil returned to Pondicherry by See also:

• LAND

land . He found one of his See also:

• BROTHERS, RICHARD (1757-1824)

brothers at Pondicherry, and embarked with him for See also:

• SURAT

Surat; but, with a view of exploring the See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country, he landed at See also:

• MAHE

Mahe and proceeded on See also:

• FOOT

foot . At Surat he succeeded, by perseverance and address in his intercourse with the native priests, in acquiring a sufficient knowledge of the 'lend and See also:

• PAHLAVI, or PEHLEVI

Pahlavi languages to translate the See also:

• LITURGY (Low Lat. liturgia; Gr. X€Zros, public, and Epyov, work; )Aetrovpy6s, a public servant)

liturgy called the Vendidad Sade and some other works . Thence he proposed going to See also:

• BENARES

Benares, to study the See also:

• LANGUAGE (adapted from the Fr. langage, from langue, tongue, Lat. lingua)

language, antiquities, and sacred See also:

• LAWS

laws of the See also:

• HINDUS

Hindus; but the See also:

• CAPTURE (from Lat. capere, to take; Fr. prise maritime; Ger. Wegnahme)

capture of Pondicherry obliged him to quit India .

Returning to See also:

• EUROPE

Europe in an See also:

• ENGLISH

English See also:

• VESSEL (O. Fr. vaissel, from a rare Lat. vascellum, dim. of vas, vase, urn)

vessel, he spent some time in See also:

• LONDON

London and See also:

• OXFORD
• OXFORD, EARLS OF
• OXFORD, EDWARD DE VERE, 17TH EARL
• OXFORD, JOHN DE VERE, 13TH EARL OF (1443-1513)
• OXFORD, PROVISIONS OF
• OXFORD, ROBERT DE VERE, 9TH EARL OF (1362-1392)
• OXFORD, ROBERT HARLEY, 1ST

Oxford, and then set out for France . He arrived in Paris on the 14th of See also:

• MARCH
• MARCH (1) (from Fr. marcher, to walk; the earliest sense in French appears to be " to trample," and the origin has usually been found in the Lat. marcus, hammer; Low Lat. marcare, to hammer; hence to beat the road with the regular tread of a soldier: cf.
• MARCH, AUZIAS (c. "1395-1458)
• MARCH, EARLS OF
• MARCH, FRANCIS ANDREW (1825– )

March 1762 in See also:

• POSSESSION
• POSSESSION (Lat. possessio, possidere, to possess)

possession of one See also:

• HUNDRED

hundred and eighty oriental manuscripts, besides other curiosities . The Abbe See also:

• BARTHELEMY
• BARTHELEMY, ANATOLE
• BARTHELEMY, AUGUSTE MARSEILLE (1796–1867)
• BARTHELEMY, FRANCOIS, MARQUIS DE (1747 or 1750-1830)
• BARTHELEMY, JEAN JACQUES (1716–1795)

Barthelemy procured for him a See also:

• PENSION (Lat. pensio, a payment, from pendere, to weigh, to pay)

pension, with the See also:

• APPOINTMENT, POWER OF

appointment of interpreter of oriental languages at the Royal Library . In 1763 he was elected an See also:

• ASSOCIATE (Lat. associates, from ad, to, and sociare to join)

associate of the See also:

• ACADEMY, GREEK
• ACADEMY, ROYAL

Academy of See also:

• INSCRIPTIONS (from Lat. inscribere, to write upon)

Inscriptions, and began to arrange for the publication of the materials he had collected during his eastern travels . In 1771 he published his Zend-Avesta (3 vols.), containing collections from the sacred writings of the See also:

• FIRE (in O. Eng. f j'r; the word is common to West German languages, cf. Dutch vuur, Ger. Feuer; the pre-Teutonic form is seen in Sanskrit pu, pavaka, and Gr. irup; the ultimate origin is usually taken to be a root meaning to purify, cf. Lat. purus)

fire-worshippers, a See also:

• LIFE

life of Zoroaster, and fragments of works ascribed to him . In 1778 the published at See also:

• AMSTERDAM
• AMSTERDAM (NEw AMSTERDAM)

Amsterdam his Legislation orientate, in which he endeavoured to prove that the nature of oriental despotism had been greatly misrepresented . His Recherches historiques et geographiques sur l'Inde appeared in 1786, and formed See also:

• PART

part of Thieffenthaler's See also:

• GEOGRAPHY (Gr. yil, earth, and ypiickty, to write)

Geography of India . The Revolution seems to have greatly affected him . During that See also:

• PERIOD
• PERIOD (Gr. irepioSos, a going or way round, circuit, aepi, round, and &Sis, way, road)

period he abandoned society, and lived in voluntary poverty on a few pence a See also:

• DAY (O. Eng. dreg, Ger. Tag; according to the New English Dictionary, " in no way related to the Lat. dies")
• DAY, JOHN (1574-1640?)
• DAY, THOMAS (1748-1789)

day . In 1798 he published L'Inde en rapport avec l'Europe (See also:

• HAMBURG

Hamburg, 2 vols.), which contained much invective against the English, and numerous misrepresentations . In 1802—1804 he published a Latin See also:

• TRANSLATION

translation (2 vols.) from the Persian of the Oupnek'See also:

• HAT

hat or Upanishada . It is a curious mixture of Latin, See also:

• GREEK
• GREEK, ETRUSCAN AND

Greek, Persian, Arabic, and Sanskrit .

He died in Paris on the 17th of See also:

• JANUARY

January 18o5 . See Biographie universelle; See also:

• SIR

Sir See also:

• WILLIAM
• WILLIAM (1143-1214)
• WILLIAM (1227-1256)
• WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
• WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
• WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
• WILLIAM, 13TH

William See also:

• JONES
• JONES, ALFRED GILPIN (1824-1906)
• JONES, EBENEZER (182o-186o)
• JONES, ERNEST CHARLES (1819-1869)
• JONES, HENRY (1831-1899)
• JONES, HENRY ARTHUR (1851- )
• JONES, INIGO (1573-1651)
• JONES, JOHN (c. 1800-1882)
• JONES, MICHAEL (d. 1649)
• JONES, OWEN (1741-1814)
• JONES, OWEN (1809-1874)
• JONES, RICHARD (179o-1855)
• JONES, SIR ALFRED LEWIS (1845-1909)
• JONES, SIR WILLIAM (1746-1794)
• JONES, THOMAS RUPERT (1819– )
• JONES, WILLIAM (1726-1800)

Jones, Works (vol. x., 180.7); and the Miscellanies of the Philobiblon Society (vol. iii., 1856-1857) . For a See also:

• LIST (O.E. lisle, a Teutonic word, cf. Dut. lust, Ger. Leiste, adapted in Ital. lista and Fr. lisle)
• LIST, FRIEDRICH (1789-1846)

list of his scattered writings see See also:

• QUERARD, JOSEPH MARIE (1797-1865)

Querard, La France litteraire .