Garcin de Tassy

Garcin de Tassy (1794-1878), full name Joseph Héliodore Sagesse Vertu Garcin de Tassy, was a French orientalist. He was born at Marseilles. He studied oriental languages under Silvestre de Sacy at Paris, and become professor of Indology at the School for Living Oriental Languages. He was scholar of Arabic, Urdu, and Hindustani language.

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