René Basset

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René Basset
Born24 July 1855
Died4 January 1924(1924-01-04) (aged 68)
Algiers
OccupationLinguist

René Basset (24 July 1855 – 4 January 1924) was a French

Arabic language
.

Biography

Letter from Basset to Snouck Hurgronje (1911)

René Basset was the first director of the "École des lettres d'Alger"[1] created in 1879[1] during the French colonisation of Algeria.

A member of the

Journal Asiatique and studied Chinese Islam
.

André Basset and Henri Basset were his sons.

Publications

Cover of the Chinese Muslim prayers book

Honours

References

Bibliography

  • Qui êtes-vous ? Annuaire des contemporains. Notices biographiques (in French). Paris: C. Delagrave. 1924. p. 44..
  • Guy Basset, « Basset, René (1855-1924) », in L'Algérie et la France, (p. 96–97)