Gaston-Laurent Coeurdoux

Gaston-Laurent Coeurdoux
Gaston-Laurent Cœurdoux
Born(1691-12-18)December 18, 1691
Bourges, France
DiedJune 15, 1779(1779-06-15) (aged 87)
Pondicherry, French India
OccupationsMissionary, linguist

Gaston-Laurent Coeurdoux (/kʊərˈduː/; sometimes Cœurdoux; French: Cœurdoux [kœʁdu]; 18 December 1691, Bourges, France – 15 June 1779, Pondicherry, French India) was a French Jesuit missionary in South India and a noteworthy Indologist.

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