Abraham Hyacinthe Anquetil-Duperron

Abraham Hyacinthe
Anquetil-Duperron
Born7 December 1731 (1731-12-07)
Paris, France
Died17 January 1805(1805-01-17) (aged 73)
OccupationOrientalist

Abraham Hyacinthe Anquetil-Duperron (7 December 1731 – 17 January 1805) was the first professional French Indologist. He conceived the institutional framework for the new profession. He inspired the founding of the École française d'Extrême-Orient a century after his death. The library of the Institut français de Pondichéry is named after him. Through his translations he helped introduce Indian texts such as the Upanishads to the West.

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