In 1793, French naturalist Jean-Baptiste Lamarck (1744–1829) became professor of invertebrate zoology at the Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle in Paris.... Læs mere
Eminent French scientist Georges Cuvier (1769–1832) spent his life... Læs mere
Eminent French scientist Georges Cuvier (1769–1832) spent his life... Læs mere
Arab scholar Abd-Allatif (1162–1231) wrote this thorough account of Egypt... Læs mere
In 1838, Silvestre de Sacy (1758–1838), the father of Arab scholarship in Europe, published this pioneering two-volume work on the Druze, before many sources were brought to light. Volume 2 examines the hierarchy and doctrines of the religion.
In 1838, Silvestre de Sacy (1758–1838), the father of Arab scholarship in... Læs mere
This pioneering work by French orientalist Eugène Burnouf (1801–52) set a standard for European Buddhist studies and continues to shape the modern... Læs mere
A French Jesuit and missionary to China, Antoine Gaubil (1689–1759) was one of the finest sinologists of his day. In this work, edited in 1814... Læs mere
At a time of intense controversy among historians and sociologists, Paul Lacombe (1834–1919) published in 1894 this groundbreaking work which championed history as... Læs mere
In this 1925 work, philologist D. S. Blondheim (1884–1934) proves that from antiquity to the Middle Ages Jews translated the Greek Bible into Old Latin. He thereby sheds light on the influence of Jewish speech on the Vulgate, the English Bible and the Romance languages.
Renowned explorer Alexander von Humboldt (1769–1859) gives remarkable... Læs mere
Albert Louis Caillet (1869–1922) devoted himself to the study of psychic sciences after a career in civil engineering. In this essential... Læs mere