Catholic philologist. Born 1816; died 1893. Professor of Greek and Latin literature at the University of Louvain for 36 years, and at the same time gave a course of studies in the Sanskrit language and literature. Learned in the Armenian language and literature, and published important translations and commentaries on all these subjects.
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