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Baron Silvestre de Antoine Isaac Sacy

From: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition  |  Date: 2008

Antoine Isaac Sacy, Baron Silvestre de , 1758-1838, French Orientalist. Sacy's works on Arabic were pioneering, and he was one of the founders of modern Arabic studies in France.

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