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Louis-Pierre-Eugène Sédillot

1808 – 1875

French historian

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Lived 1808 – 1875 (aged 67). Louis-Pierre-Eugène Sédillot was a French historian, orientalist, lawyer, academic, writer and philologist.

Louis-Pierre-Eugène Amélie Sédillot (23 June 1808 in Paris – 2 December 1875), was a French orientalist and historian of science and mathematics.

Biography His father, , orientalist and astronomer, worked alongside Delambre and Laplace. His older brother, Charles-Emmanuel Sédillot, became a renowned surgeon. Louis-Pierre-Eugene also showed predispositions towards study. He began his career as a history teacher before becoming Secretary of the Collège de France and the School of Oriental Languages in 1832.

Selected works Manuel de la Bourse, contenant des notions exactes sur les effets publics français et étrangers, avec l'état de leur cours respectif depuis l'origine; sur les affaires qui se traitent à la Bourse de Paris, 1829 Traité des instruments astronomiques des Arabes composé au treizième siècle par Aboul Hhassan Ali, de Maroc, intitulé Collection des commencements et des fins, traduit de l'arabe sur le manuscrit 1147 de la Bibliothèque royale par J.-J. Sédillot, et publié par L.-Am. Sédillot, 2 volumes, 1834–1835 Manuel classique de chronologie, 2 volumes, 1834–1850 Mémoire sur les instruments astronomiques des Arabes, 1841 Mémoire sur les systèmes géographiques des Grecs et des Arabes, 1842 Supplément au Traité des instruments astronomiques des Arabes, 1844 Matériaux pour servir à l'histoire comparée des sciences mathématiques chez les Grecs et les Orientaux, 2 volumes, 1845–1849 Prolégomènes des tables astronomiques d'Oloug-Beg, publiés avec notes et variantes et précédés d'une introduction, 1847 Histoire des Arabes, 1854; 1877. Reprint: Plan-de-la-Tour : Éd. d'Aujourd'hui, coll. « Les Introuvables », 1984 Mémoire sur l'origine de nos chiffres, 1865 Les Professeurs de mathématiques et de physique générale au Collège de France, 1869. Reprint: Ann Arbor : UMI, 1992

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Collège de France
Awards
Officer of the Legion of Honour; Knight of the Legion of Honour
Also known as
Louis-Pierre-Eugene Sedillot, Sydbw

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Who was Louis-Pierre-Eugène Sédillot?

French historian (1808–1875)

When was Louis-Pierre-Eugène Sédillot born?

Louis-Pierre-Eugène Sédillot was born on 23 June 1808 in Paris.

When did Louis-Pierre-Eugène Sédillot die?

Louis-Pierre-Eugène Sédillot died on 2 December 1875.

What was Louis-Pierre-Eugène Sédillot's occupation?

Louis-Pierre-Eugène Sédillot was a historian, orientalist, lawyer, academic, writer and philologist.

What nationality was Louis-Pierre-Eugène Sédillot?

Louis-Pierre-Eugène Sédillot was French.

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· Wikidata: Q3260828

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